Tony Gugliotta reports: A laptop computer with a[n Excel] spreadsheet containing certain patient information was stolen from Landmark Medical Center in Woonsocket. The hospital sent out a letter to affected patients that said the computer was set up in a conference room within the hospital and was for used [sic] by authorized employees only. According…
Oops! Taliban Reveal Identities of Their Mailing List Members
There are e-mail gaffes and then there are e-mail gaffes. Muhammed Lila reports that a Taliban spokesperson exposed more than 400 recipients on a Taliban e-mail list: The names were disclosed in an email by Qari Yousuf Ahmedi, an official Taliban spokesperson, on Saturday. The email was a press release he received from the account…
Questions and Answers with @DARWINARE
Over the past weeks a hacker using the handle @DARWINARE has been leaking data from education, high profile and government based sites.We had a chance today to send some questions to DARWINARE which were answered and sent back very fast. In the Q&A we asked all the normal questions we do and some of these…
Experian defends security protocols while investigations into its data security grow
It seems that Experian is trying to defend its data security following Jordan Robertson’s report on dozens of breaches involving compromised client logins. Jordan’s report was based on dozens of breach reports compiled by DataLossDB.org and yours truly, who filed a complaint with the FTC about Experian’s breaches back in April. Pat Dulnier reports on Experian’s defense,…
Adobe Hacked, Yahoo Next Hacker Claims
A hacker who goes by the name ViruS_HimA has claimed they have hacked web giant adobe and that yahoo is next in the sights. The claims have surfaced over the past few days and a pastebin file dating the 13th contains the message from ViruS_HimA. In the message they state they are not leaking the full data…
OpIsrael ReInitiated by Anonymous hacktivist
Anonymous hacktivist today have started attacking Israeli based websites leaving them defaced. The attacks are in light to the on going attacks on the Gaza strip which are taking place right this moment as i type. Over the past hours there has been word that Israel plans to shut down Internet and in light of this anonymous have stepped up, released…