“Kapustkiy,” a self-described teenager who has been using SQL injection attacks on a number of government sites, today dumped some data from the National Assembly of Ecuador. There were 655 email addresses and passwords in his public paste, although the list contained some duplicates. As he has done in the past, and as he informed this site…
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Bank of Russia disclaims reports hackers steal 2B rubles from its correspondent accounts
The Bank of Russia (central bank) has disclaimed the reports hackers stole two billion rubles ($30.8 million) from its correspondent accounts. “The reports about stolen two billion rubles from the Bank of Russia’s correspondent accounts in a hacker attack are not true to life,” the regulator’s press service told TASS on Saturday. “The review of…
Breach at Shiseido unit likely led to data leak on 420,000 shoppers
The Mainichi reports: Japanese cosmetics maker Shiseido Co. said Friday that the online store run by subsidiary IPSA Co. has suffered illegal access and that personal information on about 420,000 customers may have leaked as a result. The data included the customers’ names and addresses, but credit card information on up to around 56,000 of…
Michigan State University to spend $2.9 million in wake of data breach
Marie Weidmayer reports: MSU will spend an estimated $2.9 million on identity theft protection in the wake of the data breach that exposed university records of about 400,000 people. According to a statement from MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon, MSU will provide credit monitoring and identity theft protection free of charge to everyone affected. “We have a reserve fund that…
Russian central bank says bank account hacked in $45 million cyber heist
Andrei Ostroukh reports Hackers broke into accounts at the Russian central bank earlier this year by faking a client’s credentials and attempted to steal $45 million, the bank said in a report released on Friday. The bank said it managed to recover some of that amount—$26 million—but it did not say if that meant the…
Venezuelan Army Website Hacked, Details of 3,000 Accounts Exposed
Bogdan Popa reports: A website belonging to the Venezuelan army has been hacked by Kapustkiy, who managed to breach a database containing thousands of accounts, including personal details such as phone numbers. Specifically, Kapustkiy broke into CATROPAEJ, which in Spanish is described as “Caja de Ahorros de la Tropa Profesional del Ejercito Bolivariano Venezolano,” and…