Deepika K.C. writes: On Friday morning, those who tried logging into Karnataka State Higher Education Council (KSHEC) website were greeted by an unusual message. A caricature holding a glass with red liquid — as if offering a toast — was mocking at the visitors with these words: “Your data belong to me”. The hackers had…
Category: Hack
Data pirate stole $360K in real-estate records: lawsuit
Kathianne Boniello reports: Data pirates beware: A Manhattan real-estate company has you in its sights. Reis Services LLC, which runs a database of commercial properties in more than 7,000 neighborhoods across the country, wants a court to unmask the information thief who has been accessing its proprietary reports for free, according to a Manhattan federal…
Utah Food Bank security breach exposed thousands of donors’ info since October, 2013
Katie McKellar reports: A security breach in the Utah Food Bank‘s website may have resulted in the disclosure of more than 10,000 donors’ personal information. In a letter that was sent to a donor on Tuesday and obtained by the Deseret News, Utah Food Bank officials said they recently discovered that an “unauthorized individual” may have…
CIRT-KY Warns eCay Trade Users of Account Hack
GRAND CAYMAN, CAYMAN ISLANDS – 28 August 2015 – The Cyber Incident Response Team Cayman (CIRT-KY ) announced today that it has been made aware of a cybersecurity breach – commonly known as a ‘hack’ – which has affected the security of the email addresses and passwords of thousands of eCay Trade account holders. CIRT-KY…
Michigan’s Catholic workers are latest cyber victims
Bill Laitner reports: A Catholic agency in Lansing that handles payroll processing and employee benefits across Michigan is the state’s latest victim of a major cyber attack. The Michigan Catholic Conference sent letters this week to more than 10,000 employees, warning them that their personal information has been compromised, officials said Friday. […] Although the…
Boston University notifies medical research participants after server compromise
When a Boston University server was used to launch attacks against a system in Nova Scotia in May, the Nova Scotia network administrator contacted BU to alert them. BU’s month-long investigation revealed that one of its servers had been compromised – possibly by a hacker in Russia – in March 2015. Of note, the compromise…