Two teenagers have been arrested on suspicion of hacking into the Fine Gael website. The party’s new website was hacked into in January and the details of 2,000 subscribers were stolen. Read more on RTÉ. Previous coverage on DataBreaches.net can be found here.
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TX: Hackers tap EPISD system: Student, employee information, including Social Security numbers, compromised
Daniel Borunda reports: The private information of thousands of El Paso Independent School District students, teachers and other employees is at risk after hackers broke into the district’s internal computer network. The security breach was discovered Wednesday when a computer security company noticed hackers bragging on a website about breaking into the EPISD system. EPISD…
Update: Yellowstone County investigation finds numerous hacking intrusions
In July, Yellowstone County, Montana announced a hack of their web site, which they later said may have exposed personal information. Now Clair Johnson reports: An investigation of intrusions into Yellowstone County’s computer servers showed numerous hacking attempts but no theft of personal information in the two attacks that were analyzed. A preliminary report by AtaData, a…
Borlas.net user data hacked and exposed
Seen at The Hacker News: Division Hackers Crew hack the Database of Borlas.net (Free SMS Site) . Hackers leak the usernames, Passwords, emails and phone numbers of 14800 registered users. Leaked database posted on pastenbin… Read more on The Hacker News
23,000 passwords stolen in Star Wars Galaxies fan site hack
Jay writes: A small force has managed to infiltrate a Star War Galaxies fan site – smuggling and publishing 21,000 email addresses and 23,000 gamer passwords. Rebellious hacking group ObSec claim the attack on the fan-run website, which is unofficially linked to LucasArts and Sony’s popular Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game, which ends its Saga…
Nokia Hacked; Significant Number of Records Stolen
Nokia’s developer forum has been taken offline after a breach from hacker who obtained database tables with user account information, Nokia said in a statement. During the investigation, Nokia discovered that a database table containing developer forum members’ e-mail addresses has been accessed, by exploiting vulnerability in the bulletin board software that allowed an SQL…