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MoD-founded firm Niteworks loses login creds of UK defence folk

Posted on November 13, 2015 by Dissent

Alexander J. Martin reports: Exclusive Terrible infosec practices at Niteworks, the MoD-established business networking organisation, have led to unknown attackers gaining email addresses and passwords of British defence community members. An email seen by The Register, sent to Niteworks’ network members, confessed that “the database holding the login information for the members’ area in the niteworks.net website…

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KR: KAIST students’ credit card information stolen

Posted on November 12, 2015 by Dissent

Kim Se-jeong reports: More than a dozen students and faculty at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science Technology (KAIST) have had their credit card information stolen by a hacker who attempted to make payments in Japan, according to the school, Thursday. The school said that the number of victims was about 20, but the number…

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UK: Hacker jailed for eight months after attacking police, council, charity and porn websites

Posted on November 12, 2015 by Dissent

Liverpool Echo reports: A jobless computer hacker was jailed today for eight months after launching a mass cyber attack on The Met Police, Tory Party and British Airways websites – from his bedroom in his parents’ house. Ian Sullivan, 51, flooded the internet servers for police forces, councils, charities and even porn sites as part…

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AU: TAFE hack: Student ‘sex assault and bullying’ details hacked in IT breach

Posted on November 12, 2015 by Dissent

Amy Remeikis reports that despite early assurances from the government that all information was “low-level,” the TAFE breach (noted previously on this blog) included some sensitive information such as sex assault and bullying complaints: “However, in relation to records deemed to be of a more sensitive nature, the department needed to contact 16 people to alert…

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Massive Hack of 70 Million Prisoner Phone Calls Indicates Violations of Attorney-Client Privilege

Posted on November 11, 2015 by Dissent

Jordan Smith and Micah Lee report: An enormous cache of phone records obtained by The Intercept reveals a major breach of security at Securus Technologies, a leading provider of phone services inside the nation’s prisons and jails. The materials — leaked via SecureDrop by an anonymous hacker who believes that Securus is violating the constitutional rights of inmates — comprise over…

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NZ: Police go to PM over hacker “Rawshark’s” identity

Posted on November 11, 2015 by Dissent

David Fisher reports: John Key was approached by police about his claimed knowledge of the identity of the hacker “Rawshark” but won’t say if he cooperated. The approach came after the Prime Minister said publicly he had been given the name of a person who was said to be the hacker Rawshark. If you’re as…

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