This weekend has seen the coming of yet another Anonymous based operation that has now left many sites being victims of cyber attacks. The attacks have been carried out in the name of OpBigBrother and more so #IDP13 or International day for privacy which was set for the 23rd of Feb 2013. Many of the…
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Ca: West Nile patients told about potential privacy breach
CBC News reports: The Saskatchewan Health Ministry is writing to 58 West Nile virus patients about a potential breach of their private health information. It happened during a health management class in 2005 and 2006 at the Saskatchewan Institute of Applied Science and Technology. Up to 140 students in a health information management course were…
Looking back at 2012 Data Breaches: RBS and OSF release QuickView report
Risk Based Security and the Open Security Foundation released a report this morning, Data Breach QuickView: An Executive’s Guide to Data Breach Trends in 2012. The report summarizes some of the major statistics for 2012, based on analysis of the incidents compiled in OSF’s DataLossDB. As most readers know by now, I am involved in…
Break Down and Insight into Project Sun Rise African data leak
The following is a deeper insight to all the information and leaked data from Project Sun Rise by Team Ghost Shell. On the 28th of January 2013 @TeamGhostshell announced another large leak of information from a heap of websites in the latest project by the hacker collective. Information The attack has a main release note…
10 Questions to Ask Your Child’s School District on Data Privacy Day 2013
The following is cross-posted from PogoWasRight.org: For Data Privacy Day 2013 on January 28, I’ve tried to compile a list of questions parents should ask their child’s school district about how their child’s personal information is protected. Send your letter to your district’s Superintendent with a cc: to your district’s Board of Education: Dear ________:…
United States Sentencing Commission Hacked By Anonymous for #OpLastResort
Anonymous hacktivist have taken sights to the United States Sentencing Commission (https://www.ussc.gov/) in the name of #OpLastResort and Aaron Swartz. The main deface has occurred some time today with signs that it was coming late yesterday. The first signs that the site may come under attack or be already in control of hackers was a link posted over…