It appears that a massive data breach affecting 35 million South Koreans who use popular portal and social networking sites Nate and Cyworld has served as a wake-up call for the government: The South Korea government will push ahead with plans to scrap the current real-name system for Internet users in the wake of the…
IE: Medical records found in Roscommon bin
The HSE is to investigate claims that the private medical records of dozens of patients were found in a bin outside Roscommon County Hospital. A report in the Roscommon People newspaper says the files include the names and addresses of patients, as well as details of their medical conditions and their doctors. The records apparently…
10,000 accounts leaked from Unlock IT NOW by @ThEhAcKeR12
@ThEhAcKeR12 has released another huge dump of accounts from a public site. Earlier today they dumped over 700 accounts from Ryco realty, The most recent leak comes from Unlock IT now, one of the largest mobile phone unlocking websites and services around. Unlock it now Started in 2003 its grown to be the leading mobile phone…
700+ accounts leaked from Ryco Realty @ThEhAcKeR12
@ThEhAcKeR12 has been busy again with another 700+ accounts being leaked from Ryco Realty, a private owned real estate company that is based in halfax. This leak is in the form of cardno, email, encrypted password. https://pastebin.com/qgGqKrTJ
UW-Milwaukee breach includes 75,000 names, Social Security numbers (updated)
A computer security breach at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee may have exposed the names and Social Security numbers of about 75,000 people associated with the school. The incident primarily affected current and former employees and students. The university said in a press release that it is sending letters to those who may be affected. […] University technology…
ICO failure to punish Lush for data breach sends wrong message, says SecurEnvoy
Warwick Ashford reports: The failure of the Information Commissioner’s Office to impose a monetary penalty against cosmetics firm Lush – for failing to protect thousands of customer records from hackers – sends out all the wrong messages, according to authentication firm SecurEnvoy. “What we have here is a major e-commerce web portal – run by a…