A database listed for sale on a popular hacking forum may raise some political questions for El Salvadorans. On August 16, a listing offered 114GB of files with facial photos and 5.1 million records with El Salvadorans’ “full name, dui, date of birth, address, telephone, email and hd photo of the face.” DataBreaches was contacted…
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North Korean hackers target US-South Korea military drills, police say
Reuters reports: Suspected North Korean hackers have targeted a joint US-South Korea military exercise being held this week though classified information has not been compromised, South Korean police said on Sunday. South Korean and US forces will on Monday begin 11-day Ulchi Freedom Guardian summer exercises to improve their ability to respond to North Korea’s…
Two more attacks involving sensitive data: a plastic surgery center in Brazil and a psychiatric hospital in Lithuania
Although it’s impossible for DataBreaches to really monitor for attacks on medical entities around the world, here are two non-U.S. ones recently spotted that both involve sensitive data. Plastic Surgery Practice in Brazil This week, DataBreaches spotted a listing for data from a Brazilian plastic surgery practice. The seller, who calls himself “TheSnake,” claims to…
ShopBack fined S$74,400 for data breach of over a million users
Zhao Yifan reports a follow-up to an incident previously noted on this site. Ecommerce Enablers, which operates the online shopping service platform ShopBack, was fined S$74,400 for its failure to safeguard users’ personal data. The data breach incident happened on Sep 9, 2020 when a malicious threat actor accessed Ecommerce Enablers’ storage server with a…
TN: Cleveland City Schools face ransomware attack
Courtney Goins reports: Cleveland City Schools faced a ransomware attack this week, but it only affected a small number of devices. The school system said they became aware of the issue on Tuesday, August 15. An issue they say is affecting many other school districts as well. […] Sensitive information is secure offsite, and officials…
LinkedIn accounts hacked in widespread hijacking campaign
Bill Toulas reports: LinkedIn is being targeted in a wave of account hacks resulting in many accounts being locked out for security reasons or ultimately hijacked by attackers. As reported today by Cyberint, many LinkedIn users have been complaining about the account takeovers or lockouts and an inability to resolve the problems through LinkedIn support. “Some…