From The Local in Germany: A hacker attack which infiltrated Germany’s federal police computer system using Trojan programs and a system of routes via Russia last summer was due to a row about internet usage between a top cop and his daughter. It resulted in the “Patras” server being closed down – meaning that federal…
Category: Non-U.S.
Israel’s hacker avengers: We’ve obtained Saudi credit card info
Aviel Magnezi reports: The major credit card information leak, a by-product of the activities of the Saudi hacker who has been sneering over attempts to locate him, has not been ignored. Israeli hackers who spoke to Ynet claimed on Monday that they have managed to lay their hands on the details of thousands of credit…
Ca: Computers with personal info stolen from Waterloo Region District School Board (Corrected)
I wasn’t even going to mention this breach on this blog. I originally intended to just add it to DataLossDB, but when I read it, I was somewhat put off by the school board’s actions and statements so I decided to comment on it here. Jeff Hicks reports: Nine computers stolen from the Waterloo Region…
Cn: SQL Injection Attack Exposes Sina Passwords
Reuters reports: China’s SINA Corp has fixed a vulnerability in one of its websites that allowed unauthorised access to microblogging usernames and passwords, a Chinese web security blog reported. Sina’s question-and-answer website, iask.sina.com.cn, was revealed to have a security loophole that made it easy to uncover Weibo account passwords and usernames, Youxia security blog reported…
VN: 3 men identified as illegal sellers of private info
I just came across a more detailed news report on the VietNam breach I mentioned yesterday. Tuoi Tre reports: In October 2010, [Duong Hong] Le set up the company’s official website at danhsachkhachhang.com, but the site has focused only on offering to sell lists of information on individuals, companies and organizations. The website… contains the…
Personal information of millions of Vietnamese offered for sale
VietNam reportedly has its first case of prosecuting individuals for selling personal information: Three men in HCM City, including Duong Hong Le, Le Minh Trung and Hua Van Tuan, are accused of illegally collecting phone numbers and personal information of millions of people who are clients at securities and real estate trading companies–to sale, earning…