John Leyden reports: Mumsnet founder Justine Roberts and another user were both targeted in swatting attacks at the apex of a series of hack attacks that may have led to the compromise of user logins at the high-profile, UK-based parenting site. […] Roberts fell victim to just such an attack in the middle of the…
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British Show Jumping Association signs undertaking after email gaffe exposes 14,152 members’ information
Sometimes the only ways we find out about breaches in the U.K. are if someone files under Freedom of Information or the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has them sign an undertaking. Today, we learn about another breach from an undertaking involving British Show Jumping Association. The ICO was informed in December 2014 that a file…
AshleyMadison data dumped (Update 3)
AS YOU WERE (UPDATE 3): Maybe we shouldn’t believe AshleyMadison’s denials. Despite AshleyMadison’s statement to Brian Krebs last night, a number of professionals who have been looking into the data dump believe it is authentic. The Guardian was able to verify the details on one of their journalists who had signed up for the site as…
London’s new online appeals service suffers data protection breach
Deniz Huseyin reports: London Tribunals’ online appeals service had to be temporarily shut down last month after a data protection flaw was discovered by a parking campaigner. The shutdown happened 10 days after the online service switched to a new system when Northgate Public Services replaced Capita as the London Tribunals contractor, appointed by London…
Chinese Rights Websites Hit by Suspected Hacker Attack, Great Firewall Blockade
Radio Free Asia reports: A rights and citizen journalism website based in the southwestern Chinese province of Sichuan said its operations have been paralyzed by a hacker attack on Tuesday, while a second site said its domain name is once more blocked on China’s tightly controlled Internet. Activist Huang Qi, who founded the Tianwang website,…
Hacker claims Madhya Pradesh varsity’s results can be altered
Vignesh Radhakrishnan reports: The websites of several leading varsities, including Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya of Indore and Mumbai University, are vulnerable to hacking that can alter sensitive information stored on their databases, according to a white hat hacker. The white-hat or ethical hacker, who goes by the name Root_X_FlooD, contacted Hindustan Times and said the portal…