Monami Yui reports that Sanrio Co., the Japanese owner of the Hello Kitty cartoon character, is investigating whether the data of more than 6,000 shareholders has been leaked. The information may include the names, addresses and phone numbers of as many as 6,249 shareholders who participated in an online rewards program, the Tokyo-based retail and licensing…
Personal information of 50 South Korean nuclear experts leaked online
The personal information of more than 50 researchers at the Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute were leaked online. The information, which includes their names and residential registration numbers, had been contained in research reports that were submitted to the IAEA between 1994 and 2012. An official at KAERI said, “We have monitored five cases of personal information leaks…
WI: Fraudulent Green Dot accounts set up using stolen identities
Katrina Cravy and Leeann Watson report that fraudsters are opening Green Dot accounts using stolen identity information. Green Dot offers prepaid Visa or MasterCard debit cards. Police departments nationwide have crime alerts on this scam including Oak Creek. “I have probably over 100 since February and I know other jurisdictions all around us are just getting inundated…
MA: Tewksbury School Committee member resigns over data breach
Remember that horrific breach by Tewksbury Public Schools that I recently noted? The Town Crier now reports that Tewksbury School Committee member Lisa Puccia has resigned from her seat, “citing the recent data breach as a factor in her decision.” Jayne W. Miller quotes from Puccia’s resignation letter: “In light of the recent breach by the school district regarding the Out…
FireEye claims discovery of 10-year hack campaign by China
Aimee Chanthadavong reports: A decade-long cyber espionage operation focused on stealing sensitive information for the Chinese government is claimed to have been uncovered by security firm FireEye. The FireEye intelligence report (PDF), APT30 and the Mechanics of a Long-Running Cyber Espionage Operation, has revealed that the group, dubbed APT30, has been maintaining an advanced persistent threat…
Here’s a tip for some Crime Stoppers in Canada: you’ve been hacked (UPDATED)
April 14: See update and possible correction at the bottom of this post concerning the storage and encryption of tips. TeaMp0isoN claims that one of the sites they recently “audited” was the web site of Waterloo Crime Stoppers. In a zine about what they describe as a 0day SQLi attack, TeaMp0isoN writes that they found an unprotected…