James Eng reports: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, a private, nonprofit facility that does scientific research on the world’s oceans, says it was the target of an “aggressive” cyberattack it believes to have originated in China. The hackers gained access to Woods Hole data and email, WHOI President and Director Mark Abbott told staff in a…
Category: Miscellaneous
1,182 clients of Community Catalysts of California notified of theft of their personal information
From their counsel’s notification to the California Attorney General’s Office: Community Catalysts of California works with developmentally disabled clients and veterans to attain their employment, daily living, and social goals. On or about August 31, 2015, the residence of an employee of Community Catalysts of California was burglarized and items were stolen including a flash…
Islamist Hacker Defaces Brooklyn Sex Zine
Sam Biddle writes: In news that will shock and upset literally tens of people between Greenpoint and Crown Heights, a prolific Islamist hacker entity by the name Abdellah Elmaghribi has defaced Adult Magazine, an online blog about graduate students having sex. Abdellah Elmaghribi is a prolific website vandal, having taken down everything from UK soccer squads to a…
Service Systems Associates updates its breach disclosure
Back in July, this site reported that a number of gift shops at zoos were impacted by a breach involving their point of sale systems. Service Systems Associates (SSA) issued a statement at the time. I’m not sure why more impacted entities are first disclosing now, but WBAP reports: You’ll want to check your bank statements if you went…
Are Half of the Hacked Patreon Accounts Fake?
Brady Dale reports; t looks like hackers quietly siphoned data from Patreon, the site for financing creative people’s work via the crowd, for a very long time. That said, more than half the user emails found in the hack bear the markings that suggest they were likely fake accounts. Read more on Observer. Note that…
Cryptome grudgingly admits to leak of users’ ancient IP addresses
Richard Chirgwin reports: Venerable leak site Cryptome.org has ‘fessed up to a data leak that saw some users’ IP addresses reach the Internet. After initially dismissing data posted by security researcher Michael Best as a mockup, Cryptome founder John Young conceded that a USB key sent to some of the site’s supporters included site statistics…