CBS DFW sat on a data leak story since last year – trying to give Dallas County a chance to address the fact that court records freely available online contained tons of personal identity and sensitive information on residents and minor children. The station did not want to make criminals aware of the treasure trove of information,…
Anonymous hacks and leaks South African Dept of Water Affairs data
Catalin Cimpanu reports: Members of the World Hacker Team, one of Anonymous’ subdivisions, have breached South Africa’s Department of Water Affairs (DWA) as part of the group’s #OpAfrica and #OpMonsanto campaigns. #OpAfrica is an Anonymous social campaign launched to highlight the situation of child labor and government corruption in African countries. […] The leaked data…
Confidential records of Palm Beach County law enforcement officials and judges posted online
Jess Swanson reports: About 4,000 confidential records — the purported home addresses of police officers, lawyers, and judges — have been published on the website PBSOTalk.com, and the former owner of the website is blaming it on Russian computer hackers. Mark Dougan is a former Palm Beach Sheriff’s Office deputy. After leaving the force in 2008,…
IN: Security breach reported by Kankakee Valley REMC
The Chicago Tribune reports that Kankakee Valley REMC is investigating the possibility that a breach may have compromised almost 18,000 members’ personal information. According to a press release issued by the electric utility cooperative, the breach was detected by an audit in mid-January that indicated that a foreign IP address had accessed a storage device on the network. According…
Anonymous Leaks Details for 64,000 Tanzania Telecommunications Company Employees (UPDATE2)
Update1: TTCL is denying that they’ve had any breach. Update 2: Softpedia stands by its report that there was a breach, but has revised its estimate of the numbers. As one consequence, the headline for this post has been revised to delete the mention of 64,000. Original post: Catalin Cimpanu reports: Barely a day has passed since…
Hack by Anonymous created hassles for hospital patients during Flint water crisis
I don’t care WHO you are or what your cause it. Stop hacking hospitals in ways that interfere with or delay – in any way – patient care. Just stop it. Gary Ridley reports that Anonymous is being blamed for one such interruption: A cyber attack by the online “hacktivist” group Anonymous that was intended as…