Tony Yoo reports: A Sydney startup has had its customer data stolen with the hackers threatening to publish the information unless bitcoins are paid out. Customers of ticketing platform Qnect, which is widely used by the university sector for organising social events, this week received SMS messages stating that their personal data has been stolen…
Category: Business Sector
Kmart Confirms Credit Card Data Breach
Cody Fenwick reports: Sears Holdings, the parent company of Kmart, confirmed Wednesday that the popular retailer experienced a recent data breach, exposing customer credit card data to criminal hackers. While the company did not say which Kmart locations were affected by the breach, it said that online purchases at kmart.com were not targeted in the…
The Sanctuary Market Pwn3d By Cipher0007
As seen on DarkNetMarket, submitted by Cipher0007: hi to all i like to warning all users to stay away from this market and from any new market, this market has been hacked a few minutes ago. this is info of panel admin : user_name user_pass admin $2y$10$3lvQG2epkFI6DZbzvOUQlO/kcKLAfHCZUDKdt3k/Z59gQnzVINOZi admin2 $2y$10$DEHjWfIBMUGFOj8CQkTZ0.toG/nurhi9IumPAbbtBaBmoCbqFL8va this is info of access to database…
Russian Hackers Are Using Google’s Own Infrastructure to Hack Gmail Users
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai reports: Russian government hackers seem to have figured out that sometimes the best way to hack into people’s Gmail accounts is be to abuse Google’s own services. On Thursday, researchers exposed a massive Russian espionage and disinformation campaign using emails designed to trick users into giving up their passwords, a technique that’s known…
Another day, another litigation threat
I am really out of patience for people threatening me or my site. Look at this one: I need to you get rid of an article off of your website: The link is: https://www.databreaches.net/cytta-reports-online-hacking-of-their-nevada-secretary-of-state-officer-and-director-data/ Steffan Dalsgaard is not guilty of these allegations, no one except your website has accused him of hacking the state of Nevada. Nevada has…
Target to Pay 47 States $18.5M to Settle Data Breach Case
Stephen Joyce reports: Target Corp. will pay $18.5 million to settle state enforcement actions over the retailer’s payment card hacking breach that affected as many as 60 million customers during the 2013 winter holiday shopping season, a coalition of 47 state attorneys general announced May 23. The settlement capped an investigation led by Illinois Attorney…