Sean Webby and Lisa Fernandez report: Santa Clara University’s academic records database was recently hacked to improve the grades of more than 60 former and current undergraduate students, the university announced Monday. The university called in the FBI, which is assisting in the ongoing investigation, according to university officials. No arrests have been reported. “We…
Healthcare most breached industry in 2011? Not by my analyses.
To his credit, Dave Kennedy tried to analyze breaches based on Privacy Rights Clearinghouse data. PRC’s database begins with 2005 breaches and allows interested individuals to sort by year, breach type, and sector. After pulling out the numbers for 2010 and 2011 to compare to previous years, Kennedy reports that healthcare was/is the most breached…
giantsarise.com database dumped
ChaoticSec, a group of hackers, dumped another database leaving information to the public. https://pastebin.com/00aRk0u0
Large-scale data theft fazes Finnish cops
From AFP: Finnish police on Monday called on users of online services to change their passwords after nearly 15 000 user names and passwords were stolen and published on the internet. “If I could get one message across to people, it would be to change your passwords, especially the important ones,” Timo Piiroinen of the…
(update) Chili’s credit card hacking scam reaches 330 victims
The Chili’s breach at a Japanese naval base has resulted in hundreds more victims than originally reported. Erik Slavin reports: A credit card hacking operation has now victimized at least 330 customers of Chili’s restaurant on Yokosuka Naval Base, Navy officials said Monday. The 330 victims have reported an estimated $190,000 in fraudulent charges to…
Anonymous Message to Toronto
Video says all…