The re-emergence of the hacktivist movement appears to have thrown a spanner in the works for those in the InfoSec industry charged with data breach trend analysis. There has been a series of massive data breaches over the last 16 months – each of which compromised more than a million identities. During the same time,…
UK: Suffolk: Police officers resign after allegations of data protection breaches
Matt Gaw reports: Two police officers have resigned and another two staff members sacked after allegations of data protection breaches at Suffolk Constabulary, it can be revealed. Force bosses said the unlawful use of personal or police information “would not be tolerated” after figures obtained by the East Anglian Daily Times showed 66 suspected cases…
ASUS Italy Hacked, site defaced, Thousands of client details leaked
A hacker who goes by the handle of Maxney and is apart of Turkish Ajan Hacker Group has contacted us with information and data from an Italian based Asus website. The site was hacked and left defaced, thousands of accounts have been leaked as well as its complete database. This is not the first time Maxney has targeted big corporations,m…
Aegon sent us details of rival advisers’ investors and its response was highly disappointing
John Taylor of Whitehall Partnership writes: Aegon, the insurance company recently transferred the personal details of around 35 clients to our firm due to an administrative error. This allowed us to see personal information of their customers over the internet and to the ability make changes to their investments. The error came to our attention…
IA: Officials confirm credit and debit cards used at Pzazz casino compromised last year
Andy Hoffman reports: Officials at the Pzazz entertainment complex in Burlington have confirmed “computer hackers” breached security at their facility last year, resulting in dozens of credit card numbers being stolen. Rob Higgins, general manager of the complex, recently sent letters to several American Express cardholders who were victimized last year by high-tech thieves who…
Australian Company pays 3k Ransom to hackers
Abc.net.au has reported that an Australian based company have been at the center of a extortion case after hackers took control of their computer systems. The company which are located in Alice springs have spoken to the abc and stated that currently all services are offline and that they thought they had sufficient security to prevent this from…