For the past few months @SwichSmoke has been attacking the Venezuela government with a fair bit of data dumped already and many websites hacked. Today there has been another dump of sites coming from the state "Barinas" and the government for that state. in the release note which is in Spanish states that the original password is 123456, which is fairly lame for…
Category: Breach Incidents
Credit card data stolen from Chili’s restaurant at Yokosuka
Matt Burke and Trevor Andersen report: Hackers breached a computer server at Chili’s Grill & Bar Restaurant at Yokosuka Naval Base, stealing credit card information and running up erroneous charges, according to Navy officials. “We’ve received about 17 complaints so far,” base spokeswoman Michelle Stewart said Thursday. She added that officials don’t yet know when…
Social Security kept silent about private data breach
Thomas Hargrove writes: The Social Security Administration has failed to inform tens of thousands of Americans that it accidentally released their names, dates of birth and Social Security numbers in an electronic database widely used by U.S. business groups. The federal agency has kept silent about a potentially harmful security breach of the personal data…
Sony suspends 93,000 accounts after new breach
Sony has confirmed that credit card payment processing details have not been compromised after a recent online security breach. A total of 93,000 accounts on its PlayStation Network, Sony Entertainment Network and Sony Online Entertainment services have now been suspended, after a three-day attack succeeded in matching valid login IDs and passwords. The accounts have temporarily been…
Rose State College Receives 50k Grant for Cyber Security
For the 2nd year in a row Rose state college has got more then there fair share of grants from the government, In 2010 they received part of a 2.1m payout to several colleges. Rose state college is the only collage that currently does all size levels of the cyber security training program and it has seen a lot of its previous students…
Air Pacific confirms suspension of employee over data theft
Felix Chaudhary reports: National carrier Air Pacific has confirmed the suspension of an employee suspected of removing sensitive and confidential documents from the airline’s computer database. In a statement released by an airline spokesman, Air Pacific also confirmed that the data stolen included documents relating to the Essential National Industries Employment Decree, individual pilot and…