The following is via Google’s translation of what Brenno de Winter reported: … leaked CheapTickets.nl a database of 715,000 customers. Attackers did not just names but also tickets and passport numbers. It found a source that reported on condition of anonymity. He discovered that the Windows Server 2003 environment, not all patches were rotated. Because…
SA: Worker: Hospital told boss my HIV status
A domestic worker has complained to the SA [South African] Human Rights Commission about hospital staff telling her employer she is HIV positive, The Times reported on Monday. “You are dying and pregnant… I know… the lab told me you are sick,” her boss reportedly yelled at her when she arrived at work after spending…
‘Contract worker stole all Israelis’ personal information’ (updated)
Okay, this is not a great headline to wake up to. The Jerusalem Post reports: Information was used to create searchable database with sensitive information of every Israeli, living and deceased; computer technician put the database on the Internet for anyone in the world to access. A contract worker from the Ministry of Labor and…
Korean hacker awaiting deportation
A Korean who hacked into a communication company’s database and downloaded data of its 40,000 customers is currently awaiting deportation to Seoul, the Bureau of Immigration said. Shin Un-sun, 37, has been apprehended last October 5 in a popular shopping center in San Juan City by the Philippine National Police Criminal Investigation and Detection Group…
El Reg in SHOCK email address BLUNDER
Say it ain’t so, Joe! The Register has disclosed their own data breach – an e-mail gaffe: Between 8:58 and 10:20 this morning we sent an email to 3,521 of you that contained the names and email addresses of 46,524 of our readers. Obviously, this was an error. The two-stage send process that is the…
Idiots who keep starting stupid operations
Over the past year or so we have seen how powerful a couple of tweets and a pastebin statement can be. More so over the pasty few months there has been a lot of fake and stupid operations being brewed up by trolls, trouble makers or just plain simple dumbass’s. One of the most recent ones is…