Kaitlyn Hood reports: Thielen Student Health Center (TSHC) experienced a data leak where inadvertently disclosed student information could be seen. Erin Baldwin, director of Thielen Student Health Center said on Nov. 5 the TSHC experienced a breach in their system when a coding error occurred as they put student information into a system to be…
Syrian Electronic Army Hackers Are Targeting Android Phones With Fake WhatsApp Attacks
Thomas Brewster reports: The Syrian Electronic Army was causing carnage half a decade ago. Outside of attacking the U.S. government and major publications like Forbes, two of the hacker crew’s chief operators even made it onto the FBI’s Most Wanted list. But the SEA hasn’t made headlines in some time, largely because it’s turned its focus…
Ca: Father says teen, other students had info hacked at Markham District High School
Michelle McQuigge reports: When Kirk Tobias’ daughter logged onto her school’s student portal one morning last month, she was greeted by an ominous note. Under the image of a leering face was a list containing her address, telephone numbers and school-related log-in details, accompanied by a threat of further contact from what appeared to be…
IL: Student’s DDoS attack targeted Mount Zion school district network 3 times, police say
Donnette Beckett and Tony Reid report: Police say a student undertook a cyber attack on the Mount Zion School District computer network to sabotage a homework assignment, causing the system to crash. Mount Zion police Lt. Mike Foster said the 18-year-old student launched the attacks using an app on his phone. Foster said the first…
Bethesda’s support site leaked people’s real names and addresses
Matt Cox reports: In a security breach last night (now resolved), Bethesda’s support site revealed the personal information of customers who’d submitted support tickets. The details – which included people’s names, addresses and phone numbers – mostly belonged to Fallout 76 Power Armor Edition buyers, who were after a replacement canvas bag for the nylon…
Govt served Twitter with a FISA order to deploy NIT against us – TheDarkOverlord
TheDarkOverlord is back on Twitter with a new account, and their first tweets give a hint as to why their @tdo_hackers account had been suspended. In two tweets posted overnight to @tdo_hack3rs, TDO writes: Perhaps Twitter is most concerned with suspending us when we’ve not made any clear violations because 1/2 — thedarkoverlord (@tdo_hack3rs) December…