DataBreaches.net was recently contacted by an Indian cybersecurity firm, Banbreach, about a vulnerability involving the California Department of Insurance site. According to Banbreach, they notified the California Department of Insurance (CDI) that interactive.web.insurance.ca.gov was hosting an oracle reporting server that had generated more than 24,450 reports in the prior 24 hours. Most of the reports…
Category: Government Sector
German politicians’ data published online in massive breach
Hans-Edzard Busemann and Tassilo Hummel report: Personal data and documents from hundreds of German politicians and public figures have been published online, in what appears one of the most far-reaching cyber attacks in a country that has become a target of choice for hackers. It was unclear if the breach, which triggered an emergency meeting of…
Nearly 5 million passengers’ data leaked from online train ticketing platforms
Jill Shen reports: Data thieves stole the personal information of nearly 5 million people from an unconfirmed number of Chinese online ticket reservation platforms, according to Beijing police, who arrested a suspect in the case. According to media reports, China Railway’s (CR) official online booking platform 12306 suffered a massive data breach, with information later being sold…
Data leak shuts down Alaska’s PFD application website
KTUU reports that Alaska’s Permanent Fund Dividend web site is down and will remain down for now while the state investigates and remediates a data leak. ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) — Update: 10:27 p.m.:The Alaska Department of Revenue will not reopen the Permanent Fund Dividend application website until the integrity of filer information can be guaranteed, according…
AU: Data breach sees Victorian Government employees’ details stolen
ABC News reports: The work details of 30,000 Victorian public servants have been stolen in a data breach, after part of the Victorian Government directory was downloaded by an unknown party. Key points:Government referred the data breach to police for investigationCyber security expert says hack could be used for more targeted attackGovernment employees told their…
Six years after massive data breach, SC still fixing security, but ends victim credit monitoring
Andy Shain reports: Six years after one of the nation’s worst data breaches, South Carolina efforts to protect computer records from hackers remain a work in progress, but that did not prevent the end of free credit report monitoring for millions of taxpayers whose information was stolen. […] No arrests have been made in the…