Over on DataLossDB.org, I was entering a security breach notification sent by Atlanta-based Oldcastle APG, Inc. They had informed the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office that a laptop containing over 5,000 employees’ names, Social Security numbers, and bank account information had been stolen from an employee’s car. As required by the state. they had attached a…
51 Sites Defaced, PSF.gov.pk Hacked & data leaked
**Note: ***You may also notice a range of names being used in these attacks which is raising some questions. At time of publishing Vanda declined to talk about these attacks. Some of the names are past known people such as LulzPirate and CosmotheGod.*Its clear this isn’t Cosmo so it only leaves one other option. A hacker using the handle @VandaTheGod…
DHS, Study in the States Hacked & Data Leaked By @OfficialNull
@OfficialNull has come back to the public light today with an attack on a DHS sub domain (https://studyinthestates.dhs.gov/) for the Study in the states websites. > The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) launched the Study in the Statesinitiative to enhance our nation’s economic, scientific and technological competitiveness by finding new ways to encourage the most talented…
claim only: Anonymous Hacked, Data leaked from Anonops.com by @ThisIsGame0ver
Updated: Since publishing there has been a lot of crying and flaming over this. After further lookin to the data it appears this leak could in fact be "fake" or put simply not from anonops.com. Many of the email accounts link back to Netherlands domains and a lot of the passwords are duplicated or common and…
Breaking up is hard to do, part 2: The vendor strikes back
Today’s Los Angeles Times covers a situation I discussed yesterday involving Kaiser Permanente and Surefile Filing Systems*. Because Chad Terhune’s report involves statements by Stephan Dean, owner of Surefile, some of its details may appear to contradict what I reported yesterday. In actuality, the “he said – they said” nature of the reporting simply emphasizes…
29 Romanian Sites hacked on a shared hosting
A hacker who is using the handle Mr. Domoz and recently breached a heap of Australian based websites has recently breached another server and left a list of Romanian based sites defaced. The attacks have been posted to pastebin and it contains a list of 29 Romanian sites that are said to be on the same server and a further…