Another Pastebin dump, this one of a hack of Mu Explicito, reveals 35 usernames, clear-text passwords, and e-mail addresses as well as the site owner/administrator’s clear-text password.
Category: Hack
Virginia Commonwealth University alerts 176,567 faculty, staff, students and affiliates to hacking incident
A notice was posted today on Virginia Commonwealth University’s web site: To the VCU and VCU Health System communities: A security incident has resulted in unauthorized access to a Virginia Commonwealth University computer server containing files with personal information on current and former VCU and VCU Health System faculty, staff, students and affiliates. We believe the…
Steam database hacked; extent of breach still unclear
Steam Forums has issued a statement concerning a November 6 intrusion. Their notice reads: Dear Steam Users and Steam Forum Users: Our Steam forums were defaced on the evening of Sunday, November 6. We began investigating and found that the intrusion goes beyond the Steam forums. We learned that intruders obtained access to a Steam…
OH: Rash Of ID Thefts Linked To Delaware County Store
Donna Willis reports: As many as 444 credit-card numbers are stolen during transactions at a Delaware store, detectives say. A Delaware police investigation into a rash of identity thefts revealed that one source of the thefts is transactions at the Habitat for Humanity of Delaware County ReStore. Detectives, working with information developed within the past…
123456, Wednesday edition
Khadra Glass in Lebanon makes some interesting-looking architectural glass. What doesn’t look so good is their info security. Via Cyber Wars News, a data dump of 20 names, usernames, and clear-text passwords. Really really really sadly, 17 of the passwords are 123456. How can people who are so creative with their art be so uncreative…
(update) Anonymous admits leaking personal info on 16,000 Finns
Anonymous has taken responsibility for the personal information of some 16,000 Finns ending up on a file sharing site on Saturday, and has additionally made public the membership application database of the Kansallinen Vastarinta (the online magazine of the Finnish militant Neo-Nazi organization Suomen Vastarintaliike) website. […] According to the Helsingin Sanomat, the published information seems…