Chao Xiong reports: A young hacker reeling from the Philando Castile case and the acquittal of the officer who killed him broke into several state databases last year and boasted about his exploits. “An innocent man is dead, while a guilty man is free,” the hacker, known as “Vigilance” tweeted in part last year. The…
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Information on potential data breach at PageUp may affect Australia Post
June 5 – Australia Post is managing an issue following advice from PageUp, a third party supplier that has helped us process external job applications since October 2016, that they’ve experienced a system breach. We are among a number of large organisations who have been using PageUp. PageUp has provided more information here: https://www.pageuppeople.com/unauthorised-activity-on-it-system/ At this…
Morinaga Milk customer data stolen after website hacking
JiJi Press reports: Morinaga Milk Industry Co. said Monday that personal data on up to 92,822 customers may have been stolen as its health food shopping website was hacked. Announcing the results of an external investigation of the unauthorized access case, the major Japanese dairy products maker said that credit card information belonging to up…
MI: Holland Eye Surgery & Laser Center notifies 42,200 patients about 2016 hack
After his victim allegedly didn’t respond to his repeated demands for a “security fee,” a hacker accuses the victim of covering up a hack for almost two years. One of the breaches added to HHS’s public breach tool this past week is a breach reported by Holland Eye Surgery and Laser Center in Michigan. The…
Hacker Defaces Ticketfly’s Website, Steals Customer Database
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai reports: A hacker briefly took over Ticketfly’s website, defacing it with a picture of the V for Vendetta character and a claim of responsibility. The hacker also sent Motherboard files of what they say is employee and customer information taken from Ticketfly’s database. “Ticketfly HacKeD By IsHaKdZ,” read the message, according to a…
Ca: Sooke School District warns parents of privacy breach
BC Local News reports: The Sooke School District is warning parents about a privacy invasion after an employee’s email was hacked. “It has been discovered that the email account of a staff member was compromised by someone outside of the district and used to email out a spam informational link to other staff. Approximately 15…