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#Anonymous claims to have hacked BART; posts employee and rider data

Posted on August 14, 2011 by Dissent

On August 11, the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) suspended wireless service.  According to a statement posted on their web site the next day, their intent was to address an expected protest following an officer-involved shooting on July 3: Organizers planning to disrupt BART service on August 11, 2011 stated they would use mobile devices…

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S. Korea plans to scrap online real-name system in wake of massive hack

Posted on August 11, 2011 by Dissent

It appears that a massive data breach affecting 35 million South Koreans who use popular portal and social networking sites Nate and Cyworld has served as a wake-up call for the government: The South Korea government will push ahead with plans to scrap the current real-name system for Internet users in the wake of the…

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Citi Cards Japan data theft hits 92,408 in Japan

Posted on August 5, 2011 by Dissent

Thieves stole private data for more than 90 000 customers of Citigroup’s Japanese credit-cards subsidiary and resold it to others, the company said on Friday. “Citi Cards Japan, Inc. (CCJ) has come to know that certain personal information of 92, 408 customers has allegedly been obtained and sold to a third party illegally,” the company…

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Data-Breach Disclosures May Decline 50% Under Proposed Bills

Posted on August 2, 2011 by Dissent

Corporate disclosures of data breaches involving U.S. consumers’ personal information may fall by 50 percent under legislation before Congress. House and Senate lawmakers have introduced at least five data-security bills this year requiring businesses to notify customers of intrusions if there is a “reasonable risk” that personal data including credit-card and Social Security numbers may…

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UK: Personal data of those who signed up for contests on The Sun stolen in last month’s hack and posted online

Posted on August 2, 2011 by Dissent

Stewart Mitchell reports: Personal details of thousands of Sun readers have been posted online following the hack attack on News International last month. The paper’s parent company News International sent out warning letters to readers explaining that compromised information could have been posted online in the wake of the 19 July attack. […] “Details vary, but could…

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#AntiSec/Anonymous claims to have compromised 77 law enforcement-related web sites and acquired personal information of 7,000 officers

Posted on July 31, 2011 by Dissent

The Hacker News reports that #AntiSec has attacked 77 law enforcement-related web sites.  According to a statement posted yesterday on Pastebin by AnonymousIRC: Time for us to conduct a raid of our own. In retaliation to the unjust persecution of dozens of suspected Anonymous “members”, we attacked over 70 US law enforcement institutions defacing their websites and…

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