Shannon Teoh reports: KUALA LUMPUR, June 10 — The government’s brand new price check portal has been hit by a security breach, allowing hackers to obtain details such as email addresses and contact information of over 2,000 registered users which security experts say can be used to steal financial data in a roundabout way. The…
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Citibank confirms hacking attack
Hackers have stolen data from thousands of Citibank customers in the US, the bank has confirmed. The breach exposed the names of customers, account numbers and contact information. But other key data, such as date of birth and card security codes were not compromised, the bank said in a statement. Citigroup is the latest in…
Hacker fallout: Partial Tory donors list posted online
Mark Kennedy reports: In a significant security breach, the Conservative party has confirmed that hackers who gained access this week to the party’s website retrieved the names, addresses and email addresses of some people who made financial contributions to the Tories. Moreover, the Conservatives said Wednesday that in some instances the hackers got partial credit…
Sony Pictures updates consumer notice
From their site: June 8, 2011 – Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) has provided notice to the approximately 37,500 people who may have had some personally identifiable information stolen during the recent attack on sonypictures.com. SPE did not request, and the stolen information did not include, any credit card information, social security numbers or driver license…
LibriVox Forum Hacked
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EDITORIAL: LulzSec Targets Elderly in the Wake of Latest Sony Hacks
The Daily Tech published an editorial yesterday. Here’s how it begins: There’s no real winners with the latest Sony hack Sometimes there’s just a story that’s just plain sad all around. This is arguably the case with the latest hack of Sony Corp (6758), in which the company lost another 1 million user records and hackers…