Today is an interesting day, the well known hacker collective ugnazi has been breached majorly with the site being seized by federal police and the main member @JoshTheGod or MIR ISLAM who classed himself the lead has been arrested and charged with many cyber related offences. The announcement has come from justice.gov and its related to a 2…
Programming Note
I’ll be offline until Monday, traveling with some friends. Blogging will resume Monday. Hope everyone enjoys the rest of their week!
Alaska Medicaid settles HIPAA security case for $1,700,000
It was one of the first breaches reported to HHS under HITECH, and it had never been in any media reports that I had seen. Even to this day, HHS’s breach tool does not provide any specifics other than 501 people were affected by the theft of a USB drive. But in a press release…
Mexico / Spain Telecommunication Network Hacked, 84,000 Accounts Leaked .c0mrade
@OfficialComrade has made another exploit announcement and this time its on a telecommunications system. The exploit effects systems in Spain and Mexico and .c0mrade claims to have full access, be able to create accounts, flag accounts etc. He has also claimed that this was a man-in-middle attack and as a result he has leaked 84016 peoples credentials…
From the a-little-birdie-told-me dept.
A Charter One customer called Charter One after her debit card was refused at a merchant. It seems that someone had tried to put through a micro-charge on the card that morning and Charter One had cancelled the card because of the suspicious activity. When she asked why she hadn’t been called about the matter,…
UK: Company linked to unsecured stolen laptop could run council offices
From the this-doesn’t-sound-good dept.: The organisation which left thousands of pieces of personal data unsecured on a laptop stolen from Glasgow City Council could be given control of key council buildings. ACCESS was responsible for issuing unencrypted laptops against council policy on over 160 occasions earlier this year, according to a damning report by the…