Earlier today, I noted that the Yemen Cyber Army (YCA) had dumped another 1,000,000 records they obtained by hacking the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs. This latest dump is visa data. Here’s a bit of a summary of the newest data: The compressed file is 73.4 MB; uncompressed, it’s one text file of 362 MB….
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Data stolen during hack attack on German parliament, Berlin says
Reuters reports: A spokeswoman for Germany’s lower house of parliament, the Bundestag, confirmed that hackers had managed to steal data during the cyber attack two weeks ago. She described the detection of several data leaks. Details are unclear as to which specific offices the so-called “scattered data outflows” originated from, or what information they contained….
Yemen Cyber Army dumps visa data from Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The Yemen Cyber Army (YCA) has released more data from its hack of the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs (previous coverage here and here). Media sources reported after the first disclosure that Riyadh confirmed the internal Internet network attack but disputed the extent of the hack. At this rate, their protestations might want to be walked…
Credit Unions, Trades Sue Home Depot
Peter Strozniak reports: A consolidated class action lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Atlanta, Ga. Wednesday listed 37 credit unions, 16 state leagues, CUNA and 11 banks that claimed the 2014 Home Depot data breach caused billions of dollars in fraud losses and more than $150 million in card reissuance costs. Read more on Credit Union…
Safe and Vault Store Suffers Cyber Security Breach
Ionut Ilascu reports: An online vendor of physical safes and vaults has been hit by cybercriminals who planted malicious code on its eCommerce website and captured details of orders placed by customers. Although SafeandVaultStore touts its products as “the ultimate theft deterrent,” it looks like it failed to protect its online assets and left sensitive information belonging to…
Hacker accesses Gaana.com user data after site fails to respond to security alerts
Gwyn D’Mello reports that an online music site was hacked to make a point after they failed to secure their site despite multiple warnings: A white hat hacker used an exploit to gain access to Gaana.com user credentials, because they neglected to fix a security bug he reported. It seems Gaana.com was hacked a few…