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AU: Schoolboy hacks Public Transport Victoria website

Posted on January 8, 2014 by Dissent

Adam Carey reports: Personal information about public transport users in Victoria has been exposed to potential identity theft because government authority Public Transport Victoria failed to secure its website. The security flaw in the PTV website was discovered by schoolboy Joshua Rogers, 16, who used a simple hacking technique to unearth a database containing the…

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OpenSUSE forums hacked in ANOTHER vBulletin attack

Posted on January 8, 2014 by Dissent

Phil Muncaster reports: Linux distro openSUSE’s public forums have been compromised and defaced and tens of thousands of user email addresses exposed after a hacker exploited a zero day flaw in the underlying vBulletin software. OpenSUSE responded quickly to media reports about the breach on Tuesday by admitting the successful exploit had allowed the hacker…

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Pointer: World Poker Tour Amateur Poker League Hacked, 175,333 Accounts Leaked (Updated)

Posted on January 6, 2014 by Dissent

Another report from CyberWarNews.info: Tonight a hacker using the handle @smitt3nz has announced another leak which this time is from the World Poker Tour Amateur Poker League Website (http://www.wptapl.com/). […] The surprising part about this is the fact the an Australian government worker from the defence department has registered with the defence.gov.au email. Other email addresses used are whitehouse, IRS, us courts, Wichita…

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Pointer: MMMOOO hacked – 86,369 User Credentials Leaked

Posted on January 6, 2014 by Dissent

Over on CyberWarNews.info, Lee reported: Today a group of hackers going by the name hitlersec have been announcing some breaches and one of the is MMMOOO (http://www.immmooo.com/en/). MMMOOO is a website owned and operated by Shanghai Jibiao Info Tech Co., Ltd, and is a mobile phone application aimed at the Chinese market. Read more on Cyber…

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Western Asian callers hack Bangalore IT firm phone lines, possible terror link considered

Posted on January 5, 2014 by Dissent

Naveen Ammembala has a report on DNA of a hack that may or may not have terrorism connections: Unidentified callers from a West Asian country managed to hack the firewall of an international video conferencing equipment of an IT company in the city, and make calls to Afghanistan. Police say that the hacking by the…

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Travel insurer Staysure warns 93,389 customers after card data hacked

Posted on January 4, 2014 by Dissent

Bob Howard reports: The travel insurer Staysure has warned customers that some of their sensitive bank card details may have been stolen after its IT security was breached. Some 93,000 people who bought policies prior to May 2012 may be at risk, it said. Staysure said it believed hackers may have stolen the three digit…

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