Tonight was a very quite night, being very relaxing until about 30minutes ago when a user entered the #OpAustralia IRC channel on anonops.com and started taking down Australian based websites. As well as this the operation has taken sight to Tasmainian police https://www.police.tas.gov.au/ tonite with all "fire power" going towards them which has resulted in the website being offline…
Suzuki, JEEP, Fiat hacked, defaced by Over-X & Invectus
Two hackers using the handles Over-X & Invectus have attacked more automotive based website and left them defaced. Eairler we reported on the australian honda site that ws attacked and defaced to and now it has come to light that another one, automovite site that is has fallen to hackers. The website that have been attack…
AFP issues hacking warning after ASIO attack
Federal Police have issued a stern warning to computer hackers who have been trying to crash Australian government websites. Hacking movement Anonymous has been credited with infiltrating government and company websites across the world, and now members of the group have set their sights on Australia. Acting under the banner of the Anonymous movement, hackers…
UK: Marston Properties signs undertaking after employee payroll info left in filing cabinet sent to recycling center
Ah, missed this one as there was no press release to accompany it. An undertaking to comply with the seventh data protection principle has been signed by Marston Properties. This follows the loss of 37 staff members’ details when the filing cabinet the information was stored in was sent to a recycling centre and crushed. The…
Official Australian honda news site hacked
Yet another automotive based website has been hacked and as a result left defaced. The website is owned by Honda Australia and is their news website for all things Honda https://honda.net.au/. The attack comes right in the middle of the current anonymous operation dubbed opaustralia which is fighting purposed security laws within Australia. The attack has nothing…
Ca: Dumpster records doctor will not be charged
The Regina Leader-Post staff reports the follow-up on a Saskatchewan breach reported previously on this blog: The doctor who was responsible for patient files found in a Regina recycling bin last March will not be charged. The provincial Information and Privacy Commissioner Gary Dickson conducted a four-month investigation last year and recommended that the Minister…