From Code.org’s blog, yesterday: Some volunteer email addresses compromised đ On Friday night we discovered and fixed an error in the Code.org site that allowed access to our volunteer email addresses. This wasnât a case of hackers breaching our security systems, rather it was our mistake of leaving volunteer email addresses accessible via the web…
Category: Miscellaneous
Hackers Claim Breach Of Ku Klux Klan’s Security Company, Staminus (update2)
Thomas Fox-Brewster reports: A website run by the Ku Klux Klan has been downed as part of what appears to be a significant breach of its host and security provider Staminus. The company, which promises to protect users from distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks, was exposed by a crew going by the name of FTA,…
Data Breach Notification: Islamic State Human Resources & Recruiting
Steve Ragan helps out Daesh by creating a data breach notification letter for them to use in the wake of an insider breach that resulted in info on 22,000 Jihadis being in the hands of Sky News (and now governments): Data Breach Notification: Islamic State Human Resources & Recruiting Enjoy.
Ofcom tackles mass data breach of TV company information
Mark Sweney reports: Ofcom is facing up to the biggest data breach in its history after a former employee offered a hoard of potentially sensitive information on TV companies to his new employer, a major broadcaster. The media regulator has sent out letters to dozens of TV companies that hold an Ofcom licence to broadcast in…
IS Registration Forms Identify 22,000 Jihadis
Stuart Ramsay reports: Tens of thousands of documents, containing 22,000 names, addresses, telephone numbers and family contacts of Islamic State jihadis, have been obtained by Sky News. Nationals from at least 51 countries, including the UK, had to give up their most personal information as they joined the terror organisation. Only when the 23-question form…
Ca: Medical files of 4,000 Vancouver patients stolen, raising alarms
Susan Lazaruk reports: Thieves who burgled a West Broadway office last month stole the personal medical files of 4,000 Vancouver patients, likely by far the largest privacy breach of medical records in B.C. in 10 years or longer. […] The theft of the 4,000 medical histories, which included names, addresses and B.C. Care Card numbers,…