Yesterday, two hackers known on Twitter as @Kapustkiy and @CyberZeist claimed that they teamed up to hack the Hungarian Human Rights Foundation. The hack was announced on Twitter. Because CyberWarNews.info has already provided a helpful summary of the leak, which was posted on Pastebin, I’ll quote Lee’s summary: a list of tables from the breached…
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Pentester Kapustkiy leaks data from Indian Regional Council Server
Bobdon Popa reports: Security pentester Kapustkiy has managed to break into the Eastern Indian Regional Council server and access the data of no less than 17,000 students, in an attempt to show once again how vulnerable websites belonging to some authorities across the world actually are. This breach comes just only a few days after…
Arizona teen indicted, accused of computer tampering after 911 cyberattack
Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich announced a State Grand Jury indicted 18-year-old Meetkumar Desai for allegedly carrying out a reckless cyberattack on 911 emergency call systems in Maricopa County. Desai is facing four felony counts of Computer Tampering. On October 27, 2016, the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office Cybercrimes Unit arrested Desai after 4 law enforcement…
Anti-Trump Protesters Post Personal Information Of Electoral College Members
Blake Montgomery reports: The #NotMyPresident Alliance, a national anti-Donald Trump protest group, has released the personal information of dozens of Electoral College members in states that voted Republican. A spreadsheet distributed to supporters Wednesday included the personal phone numbers, addresses, religions, races, genders, and candidate preference of the electors. The document does not have a…
UK: ICO fines Historical Society £500 for data breach
From the Information Commissioner’s Office: The ICO has fined a historical society after a laptop containing sensitive personal data was stolen whilst a member of staff was working away from the office. The laptop, which wasn’t encrypted, contained the details of people who had donated artefacts to the society. An ICO investigation found the organisation…
Data Privacy Event Affects UFCW Local 655 Food Employers Joint Pension Plan
UFCW Local 655 Food Employers Joint Pension Plan is providing notice of a recent data event that may have affected the security of personal information relating to current and former UFCW Local 655 Food Employers Joint Pension Plan participants. On or around July 21, 2016, UFCW was the victim of a ransomware attack. UFCW immediately began…