Hayley Tsukayama reports: Hacker group LulzSec released more than 62,000 e-mail addresses and passwords and encouraged its Twitter followers to try out the sign-in information at sites around the Internet. “These are random assortments from a collection, so don’t ask which site they’re from or how old they are, because we have no idea,” the…
Category: Miscellaneous
AU: Computer with 66,000 records at Australian Institute of Company Directors stolen
Fran Foo reports: The information of 66,000 Australian Institute of Company Directors members and clients has been stolen following the theft of a single computer. This includes the personal information of 28,000 members such as names, addresses, phone numbers, date of birth and member number. Members range from some of Australia’s largest public and private…
CO: Prostitution-ring records stolen in reported break-in (update)
Another low-tech data theft could have embarrassing consequences. Chuck Plunkett of the Denver Post reports: Hundreds of documents kept by the former owner of a high-profile prostitution ring in Denver were reportedly stolen Monday in a home break-in. Scottie J. Ewing, who once owned Denver Players and Denver Sugar escort services — identified by federal…
Important Information about a Ravelry Security Breach
Via DataLossDB.org: From: “Ravelry” Date: Jun 6, 2011 2:41 AM Subject: Important information about a security breach at Ravelry.com To: [redacted] (Wondering if this email is real? You can also see a similar notice by logging in to Ravelry.com) *Important Information about a Ravelry Security Breach* Dear Ravelry member, An attacker recently managed to break…
OK: Private documents stolen during Sooner Tea Party burglary
Chellie Mills reports: A burgler (sic) hit The Sooner Tea Party over the weekend. Documents that are typically not public information were stolen. The owner of the building where they were stored believes someone broke in specifically for those files. […] Mixed among the tools are tea party flyers, petitions and files full of donor…
UK: Charities breached data rules over unencrypted computer thefts
The ICO issued the following press release: Sheffield-based charity Asperger’s Children and Carers Together (ACCT) and Nottingham-based charity Wheelbase Motor Project both breached the Data Protection Act by failing to encrypt computers that contained sensitive information relating to young people, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) said today. Both incidents occurred when the devices were stolen….