content/images/gallery/antisec12/policeleaks.png A self claimed fraction of the anonymous #antisec movement, @k0detec has just announced a new fuck the police friday data dump which contains several websites administration and user credentials. So once again this one is sure to annoy and anger a lot of different people and with all the other recent high profile attacks its starting to…
Anonymous Operation NewSon Gets Ready To Attack Major Targets
A newly started anonymous operation has is set to kick off today with a claimed list of high profile targets that are going to be used for firing and penetration practice by hackers around the world. In a simple paste from @AnonymousWiki has come the following message. We, #TheWikiBoat would like to introduce this press…
Was it or wasn’t it hacked: conflicting reports on a possible bank hack
WNYF reports: The accounts of hundreds of Community Bank customers may have been compromised in an apparent identity theft attempt involving debit cards. State police investigators tell 7 News that a data base used by the bank was apparently hacked into earlier this month with personal account information of numerous north country customer accounts obtained….
Computer security breach at Serco affects 123,000 Thrift Savings Plan participants
Hazel Bradford reports: A cyber attack on a computer of a contractor for the $313 billion Thrift Savings Plan, Washington, could have compromised account information for about 123,000 plan participants, the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board, which oversees the plan, announced Friday. […] The attack was made on a computer at Serco Inc., a contractor…
GA: Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital notifying home health patients their data may have been stolen for tax fraud
Fox31 in Georgia reports: In a press release issued by Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital, they are alerting the public that patient information could be compromised. The release states that on April 9th, Phoebe Putney learned from law enforcement that a now former employee improperly accessed patient information with the intent to process fraudulent tax returns….
SK Communications to appeal data breach ruling awarding damages to consumer
Kim Yoo-chul reports: SK Communications, operator of the immensely-popular Cyworld (www.cyworld.com) social network website, is challenging a damage compensation awarded to one of its customers who sued the company over its lax protection of private data. She is among many users of Cyworld and Nate (www.nate.com) , another SK Communications service, who have pursued legal…