I was stunned to read that credit card numbers were stored in clear text on Stratfor’s servers. So I pulled up a cached copy of their Privacy Policy as it appeared on December 19th: Privacy Policy STRATFOR Enterprises LLC , publisher of STRATFOR, and its affiliates (hereafter referred to collectively as “STRATFOR”) are committed to…
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Office of the New York City Public Advocate Hacked
Okay, this is bad. So bad that if it had been published before I wrote my “worst breaches of 2011” post, it would have probably made the list. The Office of the New York City Public advocate was hacked and the entire database appears to have been dumped, including thousands of pages of highly personal…
Stratfor.com hacked: 200GB e-mail, tens of thousands of credit card numbers stolen from global intelligence firm (Update7)
Looks like Anonymous/#AntiSec massively hacked Stratfor, while mocking statements the firm had made. The hackers also dumped what may be their corporate subscribers list. In a tweet earlier today, @anonymousSabu wrote: stratfor.com “global intelligence” company owned and rm’d. Go to it now. See the defacement. Over 90k CCs from LEAs leaked. OUCH I have not yet…
Cn: Rumor: Renren Suffers Data Breach (UPDATED with Renren’s denial of any breach_
Rumors continue to circulate that Chinese social networking site Renren has been compromised, but there’s no confirmation at this time. Here’s another report: Passwords for 4.76 mln accounts with Chinese SNS site Renren have reportedly been leaked online. In response to the news, Renren has notified users said to be affected with instructions on how…
Trion Worlds hacked
Trion released a statement today informing their customers that there has been unauthorized access to a Trion Worlds account database. They offer reassurances that customer credit card information has not been conpromised. Players will be required to reset their passwords and security questions the next time they log in, and Authenticator users will have to…
UK: Edinburgh Council apologizes after computer hackers access almost 9,000 residents’ debt advice records
Alastair Tibbitt reports: Computer systems at the City of Edinburgh Council have been subject to a malicious cyber attack that could have given hackers access to personal information about thousands of local residents. Letters of apology have been sent to 8745 people who have made use of council debt advice services. Users of other council…