The United Nations World Tourism Organization has reportedly been defaced, hacked, and forum data dumped by TeaMp0isoN. A TeaMp0isoN spokesperson alerted DataBreaches.net to the incident. The defacement was still evident as of the time of this posting. The forum dump contains 1524 records with forum member usernames, email addresses, and MD5-hashed passwords. In response to a inquiry…
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Former Smart Online IT manager sentenced to 30 months for sending damaging code to the firm’s servers
There’s a follow-up to an incident previously reported on this site. Nikhil Nilesh Shah, a former information technology manager at Smart Online, who pleaded guilty in August to sending damaging computer code to servers at his former employer has been sentenced to 30 months in prison. He was also ordered to pay pay $324,462 in restitution. SOURCE: U.S. Attorney’s…
Scottrade Faces Consolidated Data Breach Class Action Lawsuit
There’s an update to the Scottrade breach previously reported on this blog. The breach, potentially impacting 4.6M customers, was disclosed in October 2015 but had reportedly occurred between late 2013 and early 2014. Three individuals were indicted in November, 2015. Now Top Class Actions reports that a consolidated data breach class action lawsuit was filed in…
Warnings on Cyber Security After Lubbock Business Hacked
Wes Rapaport reports: Cyber security experts have issued warnings Monday on internet safety after a Lubbock business was apparently attacked by hackers. The computer systems at Caprock Business Forms were non-operational Friday, following the attack, which was triggered by a suspicious email opened by an employee, according to staff. “We’ve got a really good IT guy…
AU: DayZ And ArmA 3 Feedback Trackers Offline Due To Potential Security Breach
Alex Walker reports: If you’ve ever used the website feedback tracker systems for DayZ or ArmA 3, heads up: developers Bohemia Interactive have just announced a potential security breach, and they’ve taken the systems offline as a result. The attempted security breach was announced via a post on Bohemia’s forums. The developer wrote that the Mantis…
Linux Mint website hacked, malicious ISO offered on Saturday
Paul Hill reports: In a surprising announcement, Clement Lefebvre — head of the Linux Mint project — said that the Linux Mint website had been compromised and that the hackers were able to edit the site to point to a malicious ISO of Linux Mint 17.3 Cinnamon edition on Saturday 20th, February. If you downloaded the Cinnamon…