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Is LookBook aware?

Posted on June 26, 2016 by Dissent

Well, I wanted to send an inquiry to LookBook to ask them if they were aware of being hacked or a report that their user database was up for sale, but there was no contact method on their web site, and the domain lookup didn’t help, either. So I resorted to tweeting to them, and hope…

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Verticalscope sounds serious about password security

Posted on June 25, 2016 by Dissent

I’ve previously posted info on the Verticalscope breach affecting 45 million. But I never posted their breach announcement. As I was just reviewing it, I noticed their response to the breach with respect to new password requirements. I thought it was a bit different, and should be mentioned here. From the What We Are Doing…

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Hackers Just Leaked Personal Data of US Military Officials and it’s Legit

Posted on June 24, 2016 by Dissent

Waqas writes: Ghost Squad Hackers (GSH) made their entry a few months ago by conducting Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks on Ku Klux Klan (KKK) and Black Lives Matter websites. The group then took part in Anonymous‘ linked operation OpIcarus against banking and financial institutions but the latest attack shows the hackers have graduated to a whole new level. Yes, Ghost Squad…

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MM: Eleven Media Group hacked; Union of Hacktivists charged

Posted on June 24, 2016 by Dissent

An opinion piece by Nay Htun Naing published on Eleven Media Group’s Daily Eleven web site on June 16 reportedly ticked off some hackers who call themselves “The Hackers Union” (aka “Union of Hacktivists”). So much so, it seems, that they attacked EMG’s site the next day. According to EMG: The Hackers’ Union Facebook page posted that it was…

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Hack exposes 1,500 University of Cambridge student and employee passwords

Posted on June 24, 2016 by Dissent

Patrick Howell O’Neill reports: Hackers successfully hit the University of Cambridge’s Cambridge Schools Classics Project website this week, exposing the email addresses and cleartext passwords of over 1,500 students and employees. The contents of the breach were released freely online earlier this week. On Thursday, a University of Cambridge spokesperson confirmed the incident to the Daily Dot….

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In: Air India admin staffers’ IDs also hacked

Posted on June 23, 2016 by Dissent

Oh, now this sounds even more serious than the original headlines about flyers’ miles being stolen. The Times of India reports: The crooks who targeted Air India had not just hacked into the frequent flyers’ club but were in control of as many as 24 user IDs of Air India’s programme administration group that was…

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