Channel NewsAsia reports: The database system for Nanyang Polytechnic‘s (NYP) former students was compromised, and bank details were stolen, according to the school. About 240 former students, mostly from its 1994 to 1999 batches, were affected by the breach, and NYP issued a letter to inform them of the incident on Feb 5. The hacker…
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Anthem Alerts Consumers to Protect Themselves from Phishing Emails
Some people are already receiving phishing emails, it seems. Anthem has issued the following press release in response: INDIANAPOLIS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Feb. 6, 2015– Individuals who may have been impacted by the cyber attack against Anthem, should be aware of scam email campaigns targeting current and former Anthem members. These scams, designed to capture personal information (known…
Anthem Attack Investigators See Signs of Chinese Hackers
And so it begins.
Health insurance giant Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield discloses breach that could affect tens of millions of customers and employees (Update2)
Following the disclosure by Community Health Systems in an SEC filing that they suspected Chinese hackers were responsible for the theft of 4.5 million patients’ information, the FBI sent out a “Flash” warning to alert the the healthcare sector that it was being targeted by hackers. It was the second warning they had issued in a period of a few months. In…
JP: Hacker who framed computer users with cyberthreats jailed for 8 years
Tomohari Osaka reports: The Tokyo District Court on Wednesday handed down an eight-year prison term to a hacker who hijacked computers and used them to send malicious threats, leading to the erroneous arrest of the devices’ unsuspecting owners. The case, which dates back to 2012, raised questions about policing practices after four people were wrongfully…
And then I stumbled across these hacks by Zyklon
Seen on Pastebin, dated January 15: Hacked By Zyklon #Wonkasec WonkaSec Temp Homepage: http://trippletoaster.freeiz.com/Index%285%29.html Twitter: http://twitter.com/zyclonb4u Website Hacked: http://soviethistory.macalester.edu Very small portion of the accounts, the other 90,000+ will be posted here: http://trippletoaster.freeiz.com/DbDump.php The accounts with .edu emails are most likely professors, if you are in college…