Around 300 oil and energy in Norway companies has [sic] been affected by one of the biggest computer hacking attacks ever to happen in the country, a government source said on Wednesday. National Security Authority Norway (Nasjonal Sikkerhetsmyndighet – NSM) revealed 50 companies in the oil sector were hacked and 250 more are now being…
Category: Hack
Geekface hacked; designers and users’ information accessed
Some designers who registered with Hatchwise.com or eLogoContest.com may be getting a nasty surprise – a breach notification: On or about August 5th, 2014, an intruder illegally gained access to a Geekface LLC server. The data accessed included personal information such as names, addresses, birth dates, usernames and passwords, and social security numbers. The data…
SG: Alleged ‘Messiah’ hacker faces 105 more charges
Olivia Siong reports: Alleged “Messiah” hacker James Raj Arokiasamy was handed an additional 105 charges in court on Monday (Aug 25). This includes charges for securing unauthorised access into the Fuji Xerox webserver between Mar 1 and 24 last year. He is also accused of hacking into and making unauthorised modifications to a fan site…
KR: KT ordered to pay 100,000 won each to data-leak victims
Yonhap News reports: South Korea’s No. 2 mobile carrier KT Corp. was ordered by a local district court Friday to pay 100,000 won (US$97) in compensation to each customer who had personal data leaked in 2012. The Seoul Central District Court’s ruling came after some 28,000 KT users filed a lawsuit against the mobile carrier for…
KR: Yet another massive data leak; 27 million South Koreans affected (updated)
Wow. At first I thought WantChinaTimes was just rehashing older news, but they’re not. They report: South Korean authorities have unveiled a massive leak of personal information related to more than 70% of the population aged between 15 and 65 in the country. A hacker from China is one of the perpetrators, reports Duowei News, a…
ME: Data breach reported at Otto pizza in Portland
J. Craig Anderson reports: A data breach at Otto in Portland may have resulted in the theft of about 900 customers’ credit card numbers from the local restaurant chain’s two Portland locations, the company said Friday. Company officials said in a news release that authorities recently notified Otto that it suffered a “point-of-sale” attack that…