Ben Grubb reports that hackers made good on their promise and dumped some of the data stolen in the AAPT hack. AAPT’s server was hosted and operated by Melbourne IT. The hack was intended to protest a proposed data retention plan in Australia: “We as people have the right to protest in any way shape…
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8.7 million KT mobile customers’ data hacked in S. Korea
Bae Ji-sook reports: Police on Sunday arrested two hackers for stealing and selling on the personal information of 8.7 million KT users. Investigators said they would also investigate KT on suspicion of negligent management of firewalls and personal data as the number of victims accounts for nearly half of its subscribers. According to the National…
Utah health officials take Data Breach Security Tour on the road
In the wake of its massive data breach, Utah health officials are doing something I don’t recall ever seeing before – they’re taking breach support on the road to reach out to those affected. Kirsten Stewart reports: Health officials are touring the state, looking to provide one-on-one help to the nearly 800,000 Utahns swept up…
Hackers post 450K credentials apparently pilfered from Yahoo (update1)
Steven Musil reports: Yahoo appears to have been the victim of a security breach that yielded more than hundreds of thousands of login credentials stored in plain text. The hacked data, posted to the hacker site D33D Company, contained more than 453,000 login credentials and appears to have originated from the Web pioneer’s network. The…
Stratfor to settle class action suit over hack
Basil Katz reports: The global security analysis company Strategic Forecasting Inc will settle a class action lawsuit brought by one of its customers over a crippling attack by hackers who stole data of clients including Henry Kissinger, court documents show. U.S. District Judge Denis Hurley in Central Islip on New York’s Long Island earlier this…
AU: Telstra breached customers’ privacy
Jacqueline Le reports: The communications watchdog has slammed Telstra for publishing the personal details of more than 700,000 customers online for most of last year. As many as 734,000 Telstra customers had their names, addresses and, in some cases, driver’s licence details and dates of birth, published online between March and December 2011. The user…