Waqas writes: The online hacktivist Anonymous has breached the subdomains of the European Space Agency website and leaked personal and login credentials of thousands of subscribers and officials — The reason for targeting the agency? Well, ”We did it for the Lulz” says Anonymous. […] he data has been divided into three files which include site’s database, full…
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Hacker Claims to Have Taken Sensitive Data from City of Providence, Rhode Island
Uh oh. GoLocalProv reports: The City of Providence’s website has been hacked and the hacker has posted an ominous message claiming to have control of sensitive data and that the data is for sale. It is unknown what data, if any, is under the control of the City of Providence, but as three years ago the City…
OPM Gives Green Light to Start Submitting Data Breach Verification Requests
Ian Smith reports that if you think you were impacted by the OPM data breach but haven’t received a notification letter, you can submit a verification request through a government web site: The Office of Personnel Management has completed mailing notification letters to roughly 93% of individuals whose Social Security Number and other personal information was…
Ransom paid by police and law firms to hackers, says Calgary privacy expert
Danielle Nerman reports: The president of the Privacy and Access Council of Canada says it’s not just individuals and small businesses who are shelling out to hackers who infect their computers with viruses. “Police departments and law firms are very, very attractive targets and they pay quite often,” said Sharon Polsky, a Calgary data protection and privacy expert. “If it’s…
Man who hacked St. Louis County police union gets 18 months
Oops. I think I missed this one the other day. Robert Patrick reports: A man who helped launch a cyberattack that disabled a St. Louis County police union website last year was sentenced to 18 months in prison Monday. Justin E. Payne, 33, disabled the St. Louis County Police Association website a year ago by overwhelming it…
Hacked WordPress to reset 30,000 passwords
Alasdair Gilchrist reports: Popular blogging website WordPress has forced its hosts WP Engine to announce that it has fallen victim to a security breach that has forced a reset of 30,000 customer passwords. WordPress is a very popular blogging platform and as a result has often been the target of attacks and compromises from threat actors and…