Ben Grubb reports: Telstra has been hit by a “hacking attack” affecting 35,000 customers, just a week after one of its IT staff told a security conference the telco was reviewing how it secured and stored customer information. The hacking attack occurred on the servers of a third party company that runs Telstra BigPond’s GameArena and Games Shop websites, the telco…
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MilitarySingles.com breach back in the news
It looks like the MilitarySingles.com breach is back in the news. Yes, that would be the hack that they denied happened. The newest round of reports flows from a report by Imperva, dissecting the breach. John E. Dunn of Techworld, ITProPortal, and Anne Saita of ThreatPost cover the report and the risks consumer-created content pose for the…
Another Florida sheriff’s department hacked
For the second time in less than one month, a Florida sheriff’s department has been hacked. In April, it was the Lake County Sheriff’s Office. This time, it’s the Glade County Sheriff’s Office. In a statement on the breach, @k0detec writes: Oh Hai Glade County Florida Sheriff’s Department. Your security sucks and your usernames and…
Zero tolerance for human error? Utah governor fires tech director
Heather May reports that at least one head has rolled in the wake of the Utah Department of Health breach in March: Gov. Gary Herbert apologized to the 780,000 victims of the health data security breach on Tuesday. To restore the public’s trust, he announced Tuesday that he fired Department of Technology Services director Stephen…
California DOJ notifies those affected by a hack of a retired agent’s email accounts
Have I mentioned how valuable it is when states post breach notices online? A reader points me to a new addition to California’s security notices page from the DOJ’s Computer and Technology Crime High-Tech Response Team (C.A.T.C.H.). The incident they are reporting was a hack by those affiliated with Anonymous in 2011: In November 2011,…
Brian Krebs: Global Payments Breach Fueled Prepaid Card Fraud
Brian Krebs has more on the Global Payments breach and how it fueled prepaid card fraud. You can read his report on Krebs on Security.