The Yomiuri Shimbun reports: In connection with recent cyber-attacks that led to about 1.25 million cases of personal data of pension subscribers being stolen, the Japan Pension Service (JPS) blocked external e-mail communications on June 4, seven days after the incident was confirmed, the JPS president has said. While the JPS has explained so far…
Category: Non-U.S.
Iranian hackers attacking Saudi Arabian, Israeli, and Yemeni sites
Iranian hackers have been busy, it seems, attacking web sites in both Saudia Arabia and Israel. The Tower reports: An Israeli cybersecurity firm released a report on Iranian hacking efforts primarily targeting Saudi Arabia, Israel, and Yemen, The Times of Israel reported Sunday. The Israeli ClearSky cybersecurity company said it has discovered an ongoing wave of…
Bahrain human rights watchdog says victim of hacking
Sarah Townsend reports: A Bahraini human rights group claims its website and Twitter account has been hacked by anti-government protesters. The Bahraini Human Rights Watch Society’s website www.bhrws.org and Twitter account @bhrws2004 have been suspended since Saturday, according to reports. It happened shortly before the group’s secretary-general Faisal Fulad was due to attend the 29th…
Ca: Algonquin College server hacked but no data taken, college says
CBC News reported: A server hack at Algonquin College in Ottawa left the personal information of more than 1,000 former students vulnerable but no data was taken, according to the college. A news release issued on Friday said 1,225 students in the Bachelor of Information Technology and Bachelor of Science in Nursing programs are affected. Well,…
Hyundai customer information leak
Hyundai customer information seems to have been hacked and leaked by TurkHackTeam.org. The data fields include userid, name, telephone number, email address, and other details for what appears to be hundreds of the firm’s Brazilian customers. The data from what appears to be over 350 customers were dumped in two pastes on Pastebin last week….
iiNet alert over security breach
Grace Millimaci reports: Perth internet provider iiNet is investigating a possible security breach after details were posted on social media about the sale of the database of a major internet service provider. Cyber War News posted an image on Twitter yesterday detailing claims of the sale or trade of an extensive amount of westnet.com.au’s database,…