The databases of four state wildlife sporting licensing sites have been hacked, according to an individual who claims to be the hacker. On Monday, an individual calling him/herself “Mr. High” posted the following on an AlphaBay forum: I just hacked four websites and reported the security holes. Two of these were government websites. All of these…
Category: Government Sector
Turkish Hackers Launch Second Cyber-Attack on Killeen’s Website
Some hacktivism activities are easier for me to understand than others. On August 16, Stephen Adams and Brandon Gray reported that the City of Killeen (Texas) website was hacked for the second time in roughly three months: Visitors to the website were welcomed to a message of “HACKED BY llJACKSPARROWll” along with an image of a Turkish Flag and Turkey…
‘Significant’ security holes in Medicare/Medicaid data
Norman Leahy reports: Medicare and Medicaid have “significant” vulnerabilities in their wireless networks that jeopardize the personal information of millions of citizens, according to a report issued Wednesday. If exploited, the security holes at certain Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services data operations could result in “unauthorized access” to personally identifiable information and a possible “disruption…
NV: Fraudulent Unemployment Claims Targeted State Employees
Bob Conrad reports: The personal information, including social security numbers, of state employees was used to apply for state unemployment claims. That’s according to the Nevada Department of Transportation which notified its employees yesterday of the situation. “We want to make you aware that your Personal Identifiable Information (PII), including your name, date of birth,…
UK: Hampshire County Council fined £100,000 after confidential social services papers found
Here’s a case where as part of her deliberations, the ICO considered that a council should have known they were in contravention of the DPA because the ICO had issued three monetary penalty notices to other entities who had left confidential data behind in decommissioned buildings during the relevant time period. From the Information Commissioner’s Office:…
Hackers Claim to Auction Data They Stole From NSA-Linked Spies
Andy Greenberg reports: The NSA’S elite teams of hackers have for years made it their mission to silently compromise computer systems around the globe. Now one group of anonymous hackers claims to have executed a counter-hack with none of the same discretion: They’ve brazenly announced the theft of a collection of files they say belonged to…