Rappler reports: Shortly after Anonymous PH defaced the Commission on Elections (Comelec) website, another group accessed the data of the poll body’s website, posting it publicly online. In a Facebook post before midnight Monday, March 28, a group calling itself LulzSec Pilipinas wrote, “A great lol to Commission on Elections, here’s your whoooooole database.” This appears…
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Hacker behind anti-Semitic flyers at DePaul University
ABC reports that remote print capabilities have enabled hackers to print and distribute anti-semitic flyers: DePaul University is searching for the hacker behind a white supremacist, anti-Semitic flyer that appeared on campus. The university president says someone hacked into several printers and the flyer printed simultaneously. Officials say the source was not a DePaul account….
Seven Iranians Working for Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Affiliated Entities Charged for Conducting Coordinated Campaign of Cyber Attacks Against U.S. Financial Sector
A grand jury in the Southern District of New York indicted seven Iranian individuals who were employed by two Iran-based computer companies, ITSecTeam (ITSEC) and Mersad Company (MERSAD), that performed work on behalf of the Iranian Government, including the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, on computer hacking charges related to their involvement in an extensive campaign…
Crooks Steal, Sell Verizon Enterprise Customer Data
Brian Krebs reports: Verizon Enterprise Solutions, a B2B unit of the telecommunications giant that gets called in to help Fortune 500’s respond to some of the world’s largest data breaches, is reeling from its own data breach involving the theft and resale of customer data, KrebsOnSecurity has learned. Earlier this week, a prominent member of a…
Elliot J. Martin Chiropractic notification to patients of HIPAA breach
Ah. I was waiting for an explanation of an entry in HHS’s breach tool about a Long Island chiropractic practice incident that impacted 1,200 patients. Here it is, below. I’m pleased to see that the doctor is now removing some identity information from the system. I wish more practices would do that. This Notice of Potential Breach of Personal…
AU: Hack attempt forces WA public transport systems offline
Allie Coyne reports: Western Australia’s public transport department has taken its websites and internal systems offline after detecting an attempted hack this morning. The Public Transport Authority, which runs the state’s trains, buses and ferries, shut down the websites for Transperth, RightTrack, School Bus Services, Get on Board and its own PTA website just before…