Steve Ragan learned of a data breach at Bright House Networks the hard way – by getting a breach disclosure notice as a customer. Steve describes the September 2011 letter: “Recently, we were made aware that an unauthorized source gained access to our servers and, as a result, historical customer data back to June 22,…
Category: Breach Incidents
Couple of random Account leaks
Hey all, just another dump of accounts from a phishing/botnet scam and also a dump of accounts from a FTP server. Accounts leaks: https://pastebin.com/pjisCkQm FTP Accounts: https://pastebin.com/Mm39ybtH CTRL+ F for quick search to make sure your account has not been compromised. also remember to check out https://pwndlist.com for previous leaks and dumps for your email to…
Troll, Sean Duffy see’s Jail for mocking the deaths of teens
Sean Duffy, 25, is a sad sad person who likes to take advantage of bad situations and crawl to the lowest level of harassment and trolling. Until recently Sean has been well known to be trolling the facebook fan pages and other accounts, defacing pictures of victims and harassing family members. Well his trolling run…
Is Texas the New Federal Government? Nationwide Breach Notification Law Signed by Governor Perry Suggests So
Jake Sommer writes: Texas has never been known as a state that loves to regulate and its current governor has made a name for himself by being staunchly anti-regulation, but its recent Texas Security Breach Bill (HB 300), contains a sneaky provision that turns the Texas Attorney General into one of the nation’s most powerful…
(Update) EPISD Lawyer: District Is Not Legally Liable For The Hacking
Gaby Loria reports: El Paso Independent School District trustees heard from concerned employees and parents at a Tuesday evening board meeting regarding the hacking situation that put more than 70,000 students and employees at risk for identity theft. […] The district alerted the community about the breach the day it found out about it and…
UK: Council blunders put personal data at risk
Simon Murphy reports: Personal details of more than 16,000 residents were lost when a council’s computer memory stick went missing. A series of data protection blunders by West Sussex County Council since 2008 have left the personal information of children and adults at risk. Children’s case material, court records, and social care reports were among 60 breaches,…