Kevin Collier reports: A Twitter account named “Penis,” sporting a Buzz Lightyear avatar and pro-Palestinian message, has just released the names, job titles, and phone numbers of apparently more than 22,000 FBI employees and contractors. Phone calls to a number of those named indicated that yes, the names and phone numbers are indeed correct. Some refused to answer any…
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Hacker Plans to Dump Alleged Details of 20,000 FBI, 9,000 DHS Employees
Joseph Cox reports: A hacker, who wishes to remain anonymous, plans to dump the apparent names, job titles, email addresses and phone numbers of over 20,000 supposed Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) employees, as well as over 9,000 alleged Department of Homeland Security (DHS) employees, Motherboard has learned. The hacker also claims to have downloaded hundreds…
Revenue Website Hacked By Suspected Pak-Based Groups
Press Trust of India reports: Suspected Pakistan-based groups have hacked the official web portal of the Indian Revenue Service (IRS) belonging to the Income Tax department. Officials said the website–http://www.irsofficersonline. gov.in– was hacked early Saturday and it has been rendered inaccessible since then. They said messages were posted on the link like “Pakistan Zindabad” and…
LoanBase hack due to hack in WordPress blog
JP Buntinx reports: The name LoanBase might ring a bell for most Bitcoin users as the company has been around for quite some time, albeit under a different name. Until a few months ago, this company was known under the name BitLendingClub, but the LoanBase rebranding gives the service a more professional appeal to users not versed in…
Leaked police files contain guarantees disciplinary records will be kept secret
So it seems the Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) hack and data dump did disclose some documents that while not shocking to me, are somewhat annoying to the public. George Joseph reports: Contracts between police and city authorities, leaked after hackers breached the website of the country’s biggest law enforcement union, contain guarantees that disciplinary records…
Gyft Notifies Affected Users of Security Incident
Back in December, Brian Krebs reported: Digital gift card retailer Gyft has forced a password reset for some of its users. The move comes in response to the theft of usernames and passwords from a subset of Gyft customers. Mountain View, Calif. based Gyft lets customers buy and use gift cards entirely from their mobile…