Richard Rush reports: Contact details of members of the public who had put in Freedom of Information requests to Charnwood Borough Council were accidently leaked on to the internet in one of three data breaches by the authority during the past five years. Other documents accidently uploaded on to the borough council’s website were lists…
Notorious 8chan “subboard” has history wiped after federal judge’s doxing [Updated]
Sam Machovech reports: On Monday, imageboard site 8chan’s “baphomet” subboard, an Internet destination known for hosting aggressive “doxing” posts, received a major history wipe the day after one of its users posted the personal information of a federal judge in the Silk Road case. Archived posts sent to Ars Technica contained the full mailing address, phone number, and…
UK: Police chief investigated over Trojan horse school leak
Andrew Gilligan reports: A senior counter-terrorism officer is under investigation after passing confidential security information to the school at the centre of the Trojan Horse plot. Brett Williams, an inspector with West Midlands Police, has been interviewed under caution by the force’s professional standards department. In emails from 2013, seen by The Sunday Telegraph, he…
Stay Safe: Do NOT post your personal information in comments
Some people erroneously believe that this site can offer them personalized help responding to a data breach. It can’t. This site is a news and issues site. DON’T post your personal info or contact information in a comment on this site. You are just inviting scammers to contact you, and giving them details they can use to…
Egyptian court puts ousted president Mursi on trial over Qatar link
There are insider breaches and then there are insider breaches. Reuters reports: An Egyptian court has put ousted president Mohamed Mursi on trial on charges of endangering national security by leaking state secrets and sensitive documents to Qatar, furthering a state crackdown on his outlawed Muslim Brotherhood. […] The public prosecutor had said Mursi’s aides were involved in leaking…
Resource: Introduction to Social Engineering (CERT-UK)
An introduction to social engineering was released by the UK Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) on January 21, 2015: Social engineering is a prolific and effective means of gaining access to the secure systems and sensitive information of an organisation. Attacks vary from bulk phishing emails to highly targeted, multi-layered techniques. These attacks often prey on common aspects…