Its come to our attention that a huge leak has recently happened and more is set to come. The targets seem to be all Polish websites and the hackers are said to be from Poland as well. So far they have hit Vista.pl and dumped well over 12000 user accounts from the software information and download portal….
Bank Of Israel Hacked by Mauritania Hacker team
Mauritania Hacker team has claimed to of hacked the bank of israel in a video that has been posted on our facebook wall. In the video they show what appears to be hundreds of account holders and all their information. follow them on facebook
Reidentification Theory Doesn't Save Privacy Lawsuit–Steinberg v. CVS Caremark
Here’s an update on a lawsuit I noted back in March 2011. Eric Goldman writes: CVS Caremark provided consumer data to pharma companies and data brokers. The plaintiffs alleged that the data transfers violated CVS’s privacy policies, but CVS apparently disclosed only “de-identified” data as contemplated by HIPAA. Plaintiffs couldn’t sue under HIPAA, both because…
150+ More Sites and Servers hacked and defaced by Hax.r00t
Hax.r00t and Saadi have been very busy the past few days. In what started with the word of over a thousand sites being defaced has no left yet another load of sites defaced. The most attacks have been on websites like a Dedicated Indian Box https://www.hostome.com/ which has since been repaired by the Indian domain is currently offline. Then it starts out with some…
UK: Nicked sensitive Avnet server disks sparks ICO probe
Paul Kunert reports an update on a breach I seem to have missed: The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has confirmed it is investigating a potential data breach at Avnet Technology Solutions (TS) following the break-in prior to Christmas. As previously reported, thieves raided the enterprise distie’s Haslingden office on 21 December and made off with hard…
Fun Publications Admits To Security Breach, Apologizes for Inconvenience
Peter Van reports: Fun Publications has sent out a message to all Transformers Club members this weekend notifying the members that there was indeed a security breach related to their e-commerce database. In a written statement sent to members, Brian Savage says that “Fun Publications has determined that there is a security issue with our…