From the no-good-deed-goes-unpunished dept.: If you donated a car to a charity between 2005 and 2014 using the Vehicle Donation Processing Center to make your donation, you may receive a letter this week telling you that your personal information – including name, postal address, Driver’s License number, and Social Security number – was hacked, and may have been…
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Police Association of Ontario hacked by Anonymous
The announcement of a hack of the Police Association of Ontario was made by @ro0ted on Wednesday: Round 4.. #OpC51 #OpBillC51 #Anonymous http://t.co/UFb7dJbPjT – Police Association of Ontario https://t.co/7pS2kW0AzX pic.twitter.com/0CiGDYl2sF — ro0ted (@ro0ted) June 24, 2015 The attack continues the hacktivism over C-51, Canada’s controversial new anti-terrorism bill. The data dump, which is still available as of this morning, includes…
Energy execs confident in same-day data breach detection
CBR reports: A new survey has revealed that 61% of energy security professionals believe their organisation could detect a critical system breach within 24 hours. 94% of executives agreed that their organisation is a target for cyber criminals, with 86% of respondents saying that they could detect a breach in less than one week. 49% of respondents…
Japanese oil association hit by cyber-attack
Japan’s Petroleum Association was hit by a targeted cyber-attack earlier this month, which saw numerous PCs become infected with an unknown virus. Read more on SCMagazine.
PA: Boxes Of Cloverleaf YMCA Employees’ Personal Information Found In Dumpster
Lynne Hayes-Freeland reports: A local YMCA is investigating after boxes of documents containing employees’ personal information were found in a dumpster. In all, hundreds of documents containing personal information about Cloverleaf YMCA employees were found Monday. Read more on CBS Pittsburgh.
Bahrain human rights watchdog says victim of hacking
Sarah Townsend reports: A Bahraini human rights group claims its website and Twitter account has been hacked by anti-government protesters. The Bahraini Human Rights Watch Society’s website www.bhrws.org and Twitter account @bhrws2004 have been suspended since Saturday, according to reports. It happened shortly before the group’s secretary-general Faisal Fulad was due to attend the 29th…