A Website that offers SMS and other IT based services, SMS Dakia ( www.smsdakia.com ) has been hacked as well as a IT Forum that is dedicated to teaching IT to others in the Urda language ( www.itchowk.com ). The was just announced a short time ago via twitter from @0x00x00. The SMS Dakia leak was uploaded to drop-box in…
Pakistani Forums Hacked. Data leaked by @0x00x00
Hacktivist @0x00x00 has been on a mission over the past few weeks. After coming out of know where @0x00x00 has been on a rampage of attacks, some of which have been high profile. The most recent spree of attacks is towards some Pakistani based forums. The two forums that have been attacked are pak-forum.com and pakistani-forum.net which appear to be one in the…
Two University of Miami Hospital employees found stealing patient data (updated)
Yet another incident involving the theft of patient data in Florida by employees has been disclosed. In a letter to those affected, the University of Miami Health System writes: Based on information provided by law enforcement on July 18, 2012, the University of Miami Health System conducted an investigation that revealed that two University of…
Guild Wars 2 officials say ongoing password attack affects 11,000 accounts
Dan Goodin reports: Password crackers have hacked more than 11,000 accounts belonging to players of the popular game Guild Wars 2, in part by using credentials siphoned from an unknown fan site that was recently compromised, game officials said. Officials with Guild Wars 2 developer ArenaNet recently began the practice of proactively e-mailing customers when someone logs into an account…
ME: Sheriff Department’s Social Security numbers breach poses privacy concerns
Seth Koenig reports: Cumberland County Sheriff Kevin Joyce is urging the approximately 180 people recently arrested by his agency whose Social Security numbers were accidentally made public this week to be wary of strange activity in their bank or other personal accounts. […] On Thursday night, the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office announced that a new…
Wyndham files motion to dismiss FTC privacy suit
Stephen E Wieker and Liisa M. Thomas write: In a strongly-worded motion filed in federal district court in Arizona, Wyndham Hotels & Resorts LLC recently asked the court to dismiss all charges filed by the Federal Trade Commission alleging Wyndham engaged in unfair and deceptive privacy practices. As we reported in June, according to the FTC, these practices…