Slack Alice writes: File under “major situational awareness issues”: A picture tweeted out by Labour’s leadership contender Owen Smith’s team inadvertently showed 16,000 people how to log into the Pontypridd MP’s phone bank system. The pic showed the candidate at a phone canvassing session—along with a sign in the background showing the web address, ID,…
Baltimore addiction treatment clinic hacked; patients’ info up for sale on dark web (UPDATED)
The non-profit organization Man Alive in Baltimore provides substance abuse treatment and mental health services to some of the city’s neediest residents. As if the facility didn’t have enough challenges, on August 24, they were hacked, and a patient database with sensitive personal and treatment information was put up for sale on the dark web. DataBreaches.net was first tipped to…
Two members of “Crackas with Attitude” arrested in North Carolina
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Andrew Otto Boggs, aka “INCURSIO,” 22, of North Wilkesboro, North Carolina, and Justin Gray Liverman, aka “D3F4ULT,” 24, of Morehead City, North Carolina, were arrested today on charges related to their alleged roles in the computer hacking of several senior U.S. government officials and U.S. government computer systems. According to charging documents…
UK businesses bullish about ransomware, but majority pay up when attacked
An interesting press release from Trend Micro suggests that more UK entities are paying ransom than we might hear about in the media. The survey was conducted in August: London, September 7th, 2016 – The majority (74%) of UK organisations who haven’t experienced a ransomware attack remain bullish about the threat, claiming they would never…
Hitsniffer ceases trading because of a malicious-insider data leak
Roi Perez reports: Hitsniffer, a website analytics company, has gone offline after an internal data breach which it claims was carried out by a former member of staff who helped set the company up. According to the company, the member of staff stole a database of all of its clients and is now emailing them…
Credit card information stolen from Abilene taco shop
Andrew McMillan reports: If you made a purchase at Fuzzy’s Taco Shop in Abilene in the past few weeks, you may want to check your bank statements – Abilene police say more than 50 people had their credit card information stolen from the restaurant. According to an incident report filed Wednesday, the identity thefts may…