Kirsten Swanson reports: A Rio Rancho man was arrested for hacking his old employers and posing as a technician, even after police say they charged him with a crime. Gordon Logan is accused of hacking into the servers at Roadrunner Wireless Internet Service. He worked at the company for 16 years. Police started to investigate…
Category: Hack
VTech hack included children’s pictures and chat logs (Update 1)
Lorenzo Franceshi-Bicchierai has a follow-up to his early report on VTECH: Over the weekend, the hacker, who asked to remain anonymous, told me that VTech left other sensitive data exposed on its servers, including kids’ photos and chat logs between children and parents. This data is from the company’s Kid Connect, a service that allows parents using…
Data Breach on VTech Learning Lodge (update)
Issued by VTECH today: VTech Holdings Limited noted that an unauthorized party accessed VTech customer data housed on our Learning Lodge app store database on 14 November 2015. Learning Lodge allows our customers to download apps, learning games, e-books and other educational content to their VTech products. Upon discovering the unauthorized access on 24 November…
AU: Queensland cop suspended for improper access to police computers
AAP reports that a 33-year-old north Queensland female police officer has been suspended for accessing confidential information on police computers. Read more on news.com.au, although there’s no details as to why she allegedly improperly accessed confidential information.
Madhya Pradesh police falls to “Pakistani Cyber Attackers”
P. Naveen reports: BHOPAL/JABALPUR: A portal of Madhya Pradesh police was hacked for third time by Pakistani hackers. Hackers calling themselves “Pakistani cyber attackers” defaced the official website of Jabalpur police with Pakistani flags and slogans claiming revenge against Indian attacks. The website www.jabalpurpolice.org was hacked with a handle – Hunter Gujjar — at 11.30am….
Sony Slapped With Negligence Suit By Ex-VP On Hacking Anniversary
It ain’t over ’til it’s over. Dominic Patten reports: A year to the day that Sony was ripped open by a massive hacking, the fallout continues from the public disclosure of private and corporate information. While one set of lawsuits move towards a multi-million settlement, today the studio’s former VP, Global Commercial Planning and Innovation Amy Heller hit…