content/images/gallery/antisec12/the-consortium-penetrating-the-penetrators.png A well known Adult site Digital Play Ground has been hacked by @Th3Consortium and as a result the hack has leaked out a heap of data that was has been displayed on a subdomain of the site. content/images/gallery/antisec12/the-consortium-penetrating-the-penetrators.png The attack which has been tagged with the #anonymous and #antisec tag was announced to us…
Blue Cross error lists 1,000 customers' e-mail addresses
Richard Craver reports on what I would consider a minor breach: A communication error by a Blue Cross Blue Cross of N.C. employee Wednesday exposed the email addresses of about 1,000 customers to everyone who received the email. The email was sent to inform the customers of changes in their billing cycle. Customers were required…
2700+ Saudi based Accounts leaked
A hacker using the handle JM511 has dumped a heap of accounts that are claimed to be from an Saudi Arabia based website, the exact website these are from is unknown. This is only going to add to the fire that has been burning through out the middle east networks and what has been dubbed the middle east cyber war. The…
Digital Playground becomes hackers’ playground (update 1)
The Digital Playground porn site has reportedly been hacked. Big time. The site that advertises “Porn worth paying for” may find itself paying dearly for a security breach that may have exposed over 72,000 customers’ details and over 44,000 credit card numbers. In what they claim as their first release, a group calling themselves The…
New York Court Finds Clinic Not Liable for Employee's Disclosure of PHI
I can picture a lot of lawyers breathing a sigh of relief over this one. Robyn Sterling writes: A federal district court dismissed an action against an employer alleging vicarious liability for an employee’s dissemination of a patient’s protected health information (PHI) related to treatment for a sexually transmitted disease (STD). Specifically, the court found…
AU: Defence under investigation after privacy breach
Hayden Cooper reports on a horrific breach: The Australian Defence Force is under investigation for a privacy breach that exposed the most personal details of scores of serving soldiers. The bungle at Townsville’s Lavarack Barracks posted medical information, discipline records and psychology reports online for all to see. One former soldier has told ABC’s 7.30…