Catalin Cimpanu reports: The hacking crew that promised to launch DDoS attacks on the Pokemon GO servers on August 1 suffered a minor setback yesterday after someone hacked their site, dumped the database, and shared the data with data breach index service LeakedSource. The hacking crew’s name is PoodleCorp, a relatively new unit on the cyber-crime scene,…
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Iranian ISP ‘Daba’ Hacked by Israeli Hacker; Login Data Leaked
Waqas reports: An Israeli hacker going by the handle of Zurael_sTz has hacked the official website of Iranian Internet services provider Daba and leaked login credentials of thousands of registered users online earlier today. Zurael_sTz who has been hacking Palestinian, Egyptian and Jordanian sites in recent past took his latest breach to Twitter and shared 3 files containing leaked data…
Uncommon Care, PA notifies almost 14,000 patients of Bizmatics breach
Oh my. Another Bizmatics, Inc. client has been first notifying patients of the 2015 breach discovered at the end of 2015. This time it’s Uncommon Care, PA in Texas, and they had to notify 13,674 patients. Uncommon Care, PA is committed to protecting patient information. This commitment includes notifying patients if there is a possibility that…
Yahoo ‘Aware’ Hacker Is Advertising 200 Million Supposed Accounts on Dark Web
Joseph Cox reports: A notorious cybercriminal is advertising 200 million of alleged Yahoo user credentials on the dark web, and the company has said it is “aware” of the hacker’s claims, but has not confirmed nor denied the legitimacy of the data. On Monday, the hacker known as Peace, who has previously sold dumps of Myspaceand LinkedIn,…
Banks on the defense following hack of 410,000 Vietnam Airlines VIP member accounts
Tuoi Tre News reports: Two Vietnamese commercial banks have taken measures to protect customers who have used their cards in transactions with Vietnam Airlines, in the wake of a breach concerning more than 400,000 membership credentials of the national flag carrier. An alleged group of Chinese hackers compromised the Vietnam Airlines system on Friday, stealing information from…
NCSU warns 38,000 students of computer breach
Richard Stradling reports: N.C. State University says it has notified 38,000 current and former students that some of their personal information may have been accessed by someone who hacked into the university’s computer system. NCSU officials say someone accessed a university email account using a “sophisticated phishing scam” and got access to a file from…