Rex Mundi has hacked and dumped data from Temporis, a French employment/recruitment agency. As they have done in the past, the hackers issued a statement and announced the data dump on Twitter, where they currently post as @rexmundi15: Last week, we hacked the servers of Temporis, allegedly France’s largest network of franchised temp work agencies (www.temporis-franchise.fr). From their…
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SG: Hacker ‘Messiah’ pleads guilty to 39 computer misuse charges
Kelly Ng reports: Hacker James Raj Arokiasamy, who goes by the moniker “Messiah”, has pleaded guilty to 39 charges of computer misuse for hacking into the web servers of Fuji Xerox, a fan site of popstar Sun Ho and government-related websites in 2013. Read more on Today.
UK Scouts database ‘flaws’ raise concerns
Kat Hall reports: Serious concerns have been raised over the security of the Scout Association’s database, which holds the contact details of 450,000 young people and volunteer adults, The Register can reveal. A Scout leader contacted the Register to express grave concerns that the association’s Compass database is not secure, despite the organisation’s assurances it had been tested. The…
Boomerang continues to demonstrate how NOT to handle a possible breach
On January 13, I wrote: And for Tuesday’s edition of “How Not to Handle a Reported Breach,” we give you….. (drum roll)…. Boomerang Rentals. Although Boomerang has continued to investigate claims of a breach resulting in fraudulent charges, and have brought in a third party to assist in their investigation, they still haven’t notified consumers…
In: Registrar’s email hacked, misused on UTD campus
The Free Press Journal reports: Three days after registrar RD Musalgaonkar’s e-mail was allegedly hacked and a letter seeking votes for Congress candidate for Indore mayor’s post – Archana Jaiswal – was sent through it to college principals, Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya (DAVV) computer experts traced the terminal used in the malicious act. It’s one of…
IE: Shatter loses appeal over data breach
RTÉ reports: Former minister for justice Alan Shatter has lost his appeal against a decision by the Data Protection Commissioner that he breached the Data Protection Act. The commissioner found Mr Shatter breached the act by disclosing information about independent TD Mick Wallace on RTÉ’s Prime Time in 2013. Mr Shatter had suggested Mr Wallace benefitted…