A well known Content management system provider in the European based market has been hacked and had a dump of administration details leaked online. This comes from Team Dexter and along with the warning that Contrexx.com needs to do something about the level of security on the website and all its customers should think twice about purchasing any licensing…
Category: Breach Incidents
Pakistan embassy in China website hacked and defaced by Vicky Singh
Recently a crew going by the name of ZHC done a fair few defacings and it has pissed of a bunch of Indians now and they want to get a message out to them to warn them of any further attacks. This is the type of stuff that starts of small but ends up dragging on for years. In…
Barinas State, Venezuela, government hacked and accounts dumped by @SwichSmoke
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…
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…