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Islamic State supporters hack website of Syria rights watchdog

Posted on July 8, 2015 by Dissent

Sylvia Westall reports:  Purported supporters of the hardline Islamic State group hacked the website of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights watchdog on Wednesday and threatened its Syrian director who has documented abuses on all sides of Syria’s war. The Britain-based Observatory, which tracks the conflict using sources on the ground, took down its website…

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Charitable car donors learn their personal information was hacked

Posted on July 6, 2015 by Dissent

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

Posted on June 26, 2015 by Dissent

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…

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Energy execs confident in same-day data breach detection

Posted on June 26, 2015 by Dissent

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…

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Japanese oil association hit by cyber-attack

Posted on June 19, 2015 by Dissent

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.

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PA: Boxes Of Cloverleaf YMCA Employees’ Personal Information Found In Dumpster

Posted on June 19, 2015 by Dissent

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.

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