Emily Jackson reports: A proposed settlement in a class action lawsuit against Durham Region Health puts a $5.99 price tag on the patient data doctors are privy to. The lawsuit was filed against Durham Region after a nurse lost a USB key laden with the unencrypted personal information of 83,524 people in December 2009. According…
University of Nebraska breach needs to reverberate in Washington, D.C.
The University of Nebraska disclosed a breach last week, which I dutifully entered on DataLossDB. The breach sounded like it could be huge, despite the university’s statement that it had no evidence (at that time) that any data had been downloaded: The NeSIS database includes Social Security numbers, addresses, grades, transcripts, housing and financial aid…
BZPower.com Bionicle Hacked Again, 900+ Accounts Leaked
Once again the bionicle news website, bzpower.com has suffered from an attack that has leaked 900+ accounts of its users. Well as most will remember this site has been hacked time after time so its any wonder why the sites still actually being used by people and that they have not fixed these issues yet. The attack…
17yo Sparks Home Invasion via FaceBook, Police warn users to be careful
Well its been said time and time before, facebook privacy settings are to weak and allow the world to see what ur doing, and as a result a 17yo girl from NSW Australia has caused her family to become victims to a home invasion. On the 25th of may 2012 a 17yo girl from the southern highlands…
5k Accounts Leaked From GameReplays.org By @EcecusHxc
The gamer scene has taken yet another hit from a hacker who recently hacked a well known gamer forum and as a result has leaked just shy of 5,000 accounts. The hacker who uses the handle @EcecusHxc had announced today they had breached and leaked the accounts from Game Replays (https://www.gamereplays.org) which runs an Invision power board, which is…
Flame: Massive cyber-attack discovered, researchers say
Dave Lee reports: A complex targeted cyber-attack that collected private data from countries such as Israel and Iran has been uncovered, researchers have said. Russian security firm Kaspersky Labs told the BBC they believed the malware, known as Flame, had been operating since August 2010. The company said it believed the attack was state-sponsored, but…