@MalSec has hacked the website of Arizona State Legislature (https://azleg.gov/) and as a result a dump of data has been leaked via a mozilla pastebin paste. content/images/gallery/antisec12/twitter-malsec-https-t-co-dsl25x5g-dump.png The leaked data appears to be minor transactions records from the database stored on the sites server. Surely one would think that the american government would be starting to…
Panpacific University North Philippines Hacked, Accounts Leaked
A North Philippines University has been hacked and had a dump of accounts leaked online by two hackers using the handles "Harsha Vardhan Boppana and codie root". The leaked information comes from Panpacific University(https://www.punp.edu.ph/) and has been dumped in three parts. The first part that was dumped contains the injected url along with two other pastes that…
Sempra Energy Hacked, Personal Information Leaked
Sempra Energy (https://www.sempra.com) has been hacked and as a result a fairly big dump of personal information has been leaked onto pastebin. The leak which comes from @isWinker contains personal information such as fullnames, contacts, emails etc. The data which is old comes from 08/09 and is said to be totalling 17 000 even thou the…
Howard University Hospital employee charged with selling patient info
Jim McElhatton reports that Howard University Hospital has disclosed another data breach that appears to be unrelated to the theft of a contractor’s laptop reported in March. Charging documents filed in federal court in Washington this week say Laurie Napper, a technician in the surgery department, sold patients’ names, addresses, dates of birth and Medicare…
Zero tolerance for human error? Utah governor fires tech director
Heather May reports that at least one head has rolled in the wake of the Utah Department of Health breach in March: Gov. Gary Herbert apologized to the 780,000 victims of the health data security breach on Tuesday. To restore the public’s trust, he announced Tuesday that he fired Department of Technology Services director Stephen…
California DOJ notifies those affected by a hack of a retired agent’s email accounts
Have I mentioned how valuable it is when states post breach notices online? A reader points me to a new addition to California’s security notices page from the DOJ’s Computer and Technology Crime High-Tech Response Team (C.A.T.C.H.). The incident they are reporting was a hack by those affiliated with Anonymous in 2011: In November 2011,…