Today a hacker using the handle Game Over has leaked another lot of data that comes from a sims based website. The site, Newseasims.com was breached some time this week and the leak was announced late yesterday on social network twitter. > 116,000 Emails, Usernames and Passwords (Cleartext) Hacked – jollyroger.es/116000 – NewSeaSims Hacked #GameOver…
Official Dubai Airport Site Hacked, Staff Credentials Leaked
This week hackers have announced a leak of data from the official Dubai Airport website (https://www.dubaiairport.com). The leaks have been claimed and leaked by Portugal Cyber Army & HighTech Brazil HackTeam who have announced it via social media by @Official_PCA. > Dubai Airport Database leaked pastebin.com/S6XjKULM @cyber_war_news @ehackernews @thehackersnews @thehackersblog @thehackerspost — Portugal Cyber Army…
Stanley Black & Decker breach notice, v2.0
Don’t you just hate it when your breach response goes awry and compounds the breach or you discover that your original analysis of what information was involved was incomplete? Last month, Stanley Black & Decker notified both California and New Hampshire that a stolen corporate laptop contained employees’ information, including their bank routing and account…
Obama taking executive action on guns after Senate fails to; HHS also takes steps
Associated Press reports: Blocked by Congress from expanding gun sale background checks, President Obama is turning to actions within his own power to keep people from buying a gun who are prohibited for mental health reasons. Federal law bans certain mentally ill people from purchasing firearms, but not all states are providing data to stop…
Anonymous continues attacks on North Korea for #OpNorthKorea
In recent weeks there have been many on going operations and one of them is OpNorthKorea. The operation has so far seen many websites hacked and left defaced, offline as well as social media accounts being taken control of all while making main headlines around the world. In recent days the operation has continued to…
Eight years of data breaches in higher education
Courtesy of Open-Site.org, used under Creative Commons License: Click on image for larger version. For more breaches from the education sector, including k-12 breaches, see DataLossDB.org.