A hacker collective who uses the handle @st0rmyw0rm has just announced a leak from a Turkish government website. The leak is in relation to the on going protests that police have turned in to what looks like a war zone in Istanbul over night. The site that has been attacked is Beypazari State Hospital site (https://www.beypazaridh.gov.tr)…
Vietnam holds 8 who stole credit card info to filch $300M
Tuoitrenews reports: After a 2-year investigation in coordination with the US and UK police, the Vietnamese police have seized eight members of a transnational criminal ring that stole credit card information and e-commerce information to appropriate hundreds of millions of dollars from their victims in many countries. Read more on Tuoitrenews.
Ca: $2.5-million probe into privacy breach has yet to produce results
Cindy E. Harnett reports: A year-long investigation into an alleged privacy breach in the Health Ministry has cost about $2.5 million – and has yet to produce a final report for the public or police. The investigation has been large and complex, says the Health Ministry, and there are costs associated with delving into it…
@th3j35t3r Strikes Again, Sites downed for Distributing Inspire Magazine
Once again @th3j35t3r has come out and attacked two different sites today after they distributed Inspire Magazine. Inspire Magazine is published an English language online magazine reported to be published by the organization al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula and th3j35t3r has come out and taken down two sites for distributing this magazine. The sites Ansar Al-Mujahideen (https://ansar1.info/) and as-ansar.com were taken offline…
Bon Secours Notifying Patients of Information Security Breach
The Bon Secours Hampton Roads Health System posted this notice on Wednesday: Bon Secours Hampton Roads Health System officials announced today that they are proactively contacting former patients via letters on behalf of Bon Secours Mary Immaculate Hospital to inform them of an electronic medical records security breach. The health system has contracted the services…
Myanmar Government Sites attacked for OpMyanmar
Anonymous and other hacktivist have been at it all week targeting sites based or about in Myanmar. The attacks come as part of a relatively older operation that was dubbed OpMyanmar which has been on going for 9+ months now but appears to of picked up pace over the past week with a heap of…