News1130 reports: The provincial government is admitting the personal information of about 15,000 people may have been disclosed in a data breach at the provincial Wildfire Management Branch. It says there was an unauthorized access on September 24th, and as soon as it was discovered the website was shut down. The province says a thorough…
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Dropbox passwords leak: Hundreds of accounts hacked after third-party security breach (update – not Dropbox accounts)
Update: leaked login credentials claimed to be associated with Dropbox accounts are not Dropbox accounts, according to Dropbox. Rose Troup Buchanan reports: Hundreds of passwords to Dropbox accounts have been leaked in the latest security breach, with hackers threatening to release millions more account details in exchange for Bitcoin. Hackers, who were apparently able to access logins and…
Oregon Employment Department breach update
There’s an update to the Oregon Employment Department breach noted previously on this site. Fox12 in Oregon reports: The Oregon Employment Department will be offering identity theft protection to jobseekers who may have been compromised by a security vulnerability. After reviewing 1.9 million records for people who have registered with the WorkSource Oregon Management Information…
CA: Sausalito Yacht Club notifies members of breach
Well, this is tacky, at best. It appears some members of the Sausalito Yacht Club gained access to the membership roster. From the notification letter of October 4: We are writing to you because of an incident at the Sausalito Yacht Club on or about October 1, 2014,wherein several members gained unauthorized access to our…
Alleged Broadway Grill hacker now charged with stealing and selling 2 million credit card numbers
Bryan Cohen reports: The Russian man charged with stealing credit card numbers from the now shuttered Broadway Grill is now accused of stealing up to 2 million credit card numbers far beyond Seattle and leading a large international hacking syndicate, according to the U.S. Attorney’s office. On Tuesday a federal grand jury in Seattle returned a “second superseding” indictment…
In support of Hong Kong protesters, Anonymous releases data from Chinese government sites
Chris Luo reports: The Anonymous group of computer hackers yesterday followed up on its threat made on Friday to release data from mainland government websites. It released hundreds of phone numbers and email addresses of the Ningbo Free Trade Zone in Zhejiang province and a job-search site run by the Changxing county administration, also in…