BBC reports on yet another council breach: A council has apologised “unreservedly” after details of thousands of childminders were “inadvertently” sent to a number of childcare providers. The information had been provided to Dumfries and Galloway Council by the Care Inspectorate. The incident has been reported to the Information Commissioner’s Office and those affected have…
Motorcycle Industry Jobs Hacked, 6,948 Accounts Leaked by Black Tiger Security
A hacker group who is using the handle Black Tiger Security has made a submission to ozdc.net that has turned out to be an attack on a well known motorcycle industry job search website that is mainly focused within the united states (https://motorcycleindustryjobs.com). The leaked data has been uploaded to pastebin and as a result now 6,948…
PA: Security breach exposes student data
Jason A. Kahl reports: The personal information of all students in the Fleetwood School District was stolen and posted online, district officials and Fleetwood police said Wednesday. The security breach was discovered by parents of students in the district who notified school officials Tuesday. The school contacted borough police and the website, Wikispaces, where it…
MTV Asia Twitter Account Hacked
We have just been alerted to a hack that happened on Tuesday that was aimed at MTV Asia on twitter. The account appears to of been breached by a team of hackers using the handle Team Intricate. The attack has left some of the following messages and there has also been a screen shot sent to us of them logged in as…
Troy woman charged in ID theft of 800 people
Matt Elofson has an update on a breach originally reported in July 2011: Federal agents recently arrested a Troy woman on felony charges for allegedly stealing the identities of 800 people while working at an area hospital as part of a government tax fraud scheme. According to a statement from the U.S. Attorney’s Office, the…
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Patient Information Embedded in PowerPoint Uploaded to External Sites
Rashed Mian reports: An unknown number of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center patients had clinical data and private information, in some cases their Social Security numbers, erroneously leaked onto two medical professional organization’s websites earlier this year, according to the hospital. After an inquiry by the Long Island Press Wednesday, the world’s oldest and largest cancer…