http://news.softpedia.com Softpedia News - Data Leaks Softpedia News en-us 2001 - 2012 Softpedia. All rights reserved. Tue, 29 May 2012 00:53:24 GMT Tue, 29 May 2012 00:53:24 GMT News http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 10 http://news.softpedia.com/base_img/softpedia_logo.gif http://news.softpedia.com http://news.softpedia.com/news/Monday-Mail-Mayhem-1-7-GB-Leaked-from-US-Bureau-of-Justice-Statistics-270937.shtml Anonymous hacktivists have initiated a campaign called Monday Mail Mayhem. The launch of the operation has been marked by a breach that affected the United States Bureau of Justice Statistics (bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov), an agency that, governed by the Department of Justice, collects and analyzes data on crimes and criminals.
<... (read more)]]> Tue, 22 May 2012 08:07:00 GMT Softpedia News - Data Leaks http://news.softpedia.com/news/Monday-Mail-Mayhem-1-7-GB-Leaked-from-US-Bureau-of-Justice-Statistics-270937.shtml Data Leaks http://news.softpedia.com/news/Monday-Mail-Mayhem-1-7-GB-Leaked-from-US-Bureau-of-Justice-Statistics-270937.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Eduard Kovacs) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Opening-Ceremony-Warns-Customers-that-Hackers-Stole-Payment-Data-268762.shtml In a letter sent to customers, Carol Lim, the CEO and co-founder of Opening Ceremony, informs that a malicious piece of software has been found on the company’s website.

The recipients of the notification are being warned that the hackers who placed the malware may have gained access to sensitive information, i... (read more)]]> Thu, 10 May 2012 11:43:00 GMT Softpedia News - Data Leaks http://news.softpedia.com/news/Opening-Ceremony-Warns-Customers-that-Hackers-Stole-Payment-Data-268762.shtml Data Leaks http://news.softpedia.com/news/Opening-Ceremony-Warns-Customers-that-Hackers-Stole-Payment-Data-268762.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Eduard Kovacs) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Hackers-Leak-Hundreds-of-User-and-Admin-Details-from-Forex-Traders-268019.shtml Hackers from TeamGhostShell have initiated an operation called Project GhostShell. The first victim is the site of Forex Traders (fxtraders.eu), a company advertised as being a currency and money market, from which they leaked a large part of the database.

“Hello again, did you miss us world governments? We've... (read more)]]> Mon, 7 May 2012 09:49:00 GMT Softpedia News - Data Leaks http://news.softpedia.com/news/Hackers-Leak-Hundreds-of-User-and-Admin-Details-from-Forex-Traders-268019.shtml Data Leaks http://news.softpedia.com/news/Hackers-Leak-Hundreds-of-User-and-Admin-Details-from-Forex-Traders-268019.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Eduard Kovacs) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Six-Indicted-with-Running-Card-Skimming-Scheme-at-Chicago-Restaurants-267446.shtml Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan has revealed that a number of six individuals have been indicted on suspicion of running a skimming operation that targeted the credit cards of restaurants and other establishments from the Chicago area.

Among the locations targeted by the crooks we find Wrigley Field, Magni... (read more)]]> Wed, 2 May 2012 14:42:00 GMT Softpedia News - Data Leaks http://news.softpedia.com/news/Six-Indicted-with-Running-Card-Skimming-Scheme-at-Chicago-Restaurants-267446.shtml Data Leaks http://news.softpedia.com/news/Six-Indicted-with-Running-Card-Skimming-Scheme-at-Chicago-Restaurants-267446.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Eduard Kovacs) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Emory-Admits-Losing-10-Discs-Containing-Data-on-315-000-People-265550.shtml A number of 10 backup discs containing information on Emory Healthcare customers have been found to be missing, most likely removed sometime in February 2012. As a result, 315,000 individuals are being notified by the company regarding the fact that they may become victims of identity theft.

While Emory representatives ... (read more)]]> Fri, 20 Apr 2012 09:34:00 GMT Softpedia News - Data Leaks http://news.softpedia.com/news/Emory-Admits-Losing-10-Discs-Containing-Data-on-315-000-People-265550.shtml Data Leaks http://news.softpedia.com/news/Emory-Admits-Losing-10-Discs-Containing-Data-on-315-000-People-265550.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Eduard Kovacs) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Hacker-Uploads-More-Alleged-US-Army-Docs-Obtained-from-CEIEC-265363.shtml China National Electronics Import-Export Corporation (CEIEC) has denied that its systems were breached. But the hacker known as Hardcore Charlie, a supporter of the Anonymous ideal, insisted that the data he gained access to was legitimate, so he made available another set of documents, totaling 400 megabytes.

“True... (read more)]]> Thu, 19 Apr 2012 12:45:00 GMT Softpedia News - Data Leaks http://news.softpedia.com/news/Hacker-Uploads-More-Alleged-US-Army-Docs-Obtained-from-CEIEC-265363.shtml Data Leaks http://news.softpedia.com/news/Hacker-Uploads-More-Alleged-US-Army-Docs-Obtained-from-CEIEC-265363.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Eduard Kovacs) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Toshiba-Exposes-Details-of-Competition-Participants-Flaw-Blamed-264853.shtml The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) reveals that because of a security flaw on its website, Toshiba exposed the personal details of 20 individuals that signed up to participate in a competition.

In September 2011, the ICO was notified that the names, addresses, dates of birth and contact information of t... (read more)]]> Tue, 17 Apr 2012 13:17:00 GMT Softpedia News - Data Leaks http://news.softpedia.com/news/Toshiba-Exposes-Details-of-Competition-Participants-Flaw-Blamed-264853.shtml Data Leaks http://news.softpedia.com/news/Toshiba-Exposes-Details-of-Competition-Participants-Flaw-Blamed-264853.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Eduard Kovacs) http://news.softpedia.com/news/More-Than-700-000-Affected-in-Utah-Department-of-Health-Hack-263991.shtml On March 30, 2012, the Utah Department of Technology Services (DTS) suffered a data breach as a result of which sensitive data was extracted by the attackers. Initial reports mentioned only around 24,000 victims, but now it turns out that more than 700,000 Children's Health Insurance Program or Medicaid customers may be affected.
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Further analysis made on contactless credit cards revealed that all Visa cards are susceptible to the attack method presented a few day... (read more)]]> Fri, 30 Mar 2012 08:29:00 GMT Softpedia News - Data Leaks http://news.softpedia.com/news/Contactless-Visa-Credit-Cards-from-All-Banks-Expose-Users-to-Fraud-261840.shtml Data Leaks http://news.softpedia.com/news/Contactless-Visa-Credit-Cards-from-All-Banks-Expose-Users-to-Fraud-261840.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Eduard Kovacs) http://news.softpedia.com/news/MilitarySingles-Denies-Being-Hacked-by-LulzSec-Reborn-261591.shtml Many users are aware that LulzSec Reborn, the hacker collective that decided to pick up where the old LulzSec crew left off, claim to have breached MilitarySingles.com, leaking more than 170,000 record sets.

If at first the site’s representatives said they were investigating the incident, now they came forward to deny tha... (read more)]]> Thu, 29 Mar 2012 08:34:00 GMT Softpedia News - Data Leaks http://news.softpedia.com/news/MilitarySingles-Denies-Being-Hacked-by-LulzSec-Reborn-261591.shtml Data Leaks http://news.softpedia.com/news/MilitarySingles-Denies-Being-Hacked-by-LulzSec-Reborn-261591.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Eduard Kovacs) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Hacker-Leaks-Private-Details-from-Skeptical-Science-261382.shtml Over the past weekend, a hacker managed to gain unauthorized access to the databases of Skeptical Science, a site that focuses its efforts on the issue of global warming, addressing climate enthusiasts in more than 20 languages.

According to John Cook, the creator and administrator of Skeptical Science, the entire user database w... (read more)]]> Wed, 28 Mar 2012 09:59:00 GMT Softpedia News - Data Leaks http://news.softpedia.com/news/Hacker-Leaks-Private-Details-from-Skeptical-Science-261382.shtml Data Leaks http://news.softpedia.com/news/Hacker-Leaks-Private-Details-from-Skeptical-Science-261382.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Eduard Kovacs) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Anonymous-Claims-Breach-on-Military-Dating-Site-160-000-Exposed-260749.shtml A few days ago, a video revealed to the world that the famous LulzSec collective may reborn from its ashes on April 1. As it turns out they couldn’t wait until then and have already made a victim.

Their first target was MilitarySingles.com, an online dating service for soldiers, a site from which they leaked arou... (read more)]]> Mon, 26 Mar 2012 06:22:00 GMT Softpedia News - Data Leaks http://news.softpedia.com/news/Anonymous-Claims-Breach-on-Military-Dating-Site-160-000-Exposed-260749.shtml Data Leaks http://news.softpedia.com/news/Anonymous-Claims-Breach-on-Military-Dating-Site-160-000-Exposed-260749.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Eduard Kovacs) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Email-Addresses-of-8-000-Students-Exposed-by-Loans-Agency-259956.shtml An administrative error made by Student Finance England exposed the email addresses of around 8,000 students who needed to complete grant application forms.

Student Finance England, a subsidiary of Student Loans Company, the body responsible for delivering grants, emailed the notifications to students, along with an attachm... (read more)]]> Wed, 21 Mar 2012 10:25:00 GMT Softpedia News - Data Leaks http://news.softpedia.com/news/Email-Addresses-of-8-000-Students-Exposed-by-Loans-Agency-259956.shtml Data Leaks http://news.softpedia.com/news/Email-Addresses-of-8-000-Students-Exposed-by-Loans-Agency-259956.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Eduard Kovacs) http://news.softpedia.com/news/University-of-Tampa-Exposes-30-000-Individuals-Server-Error-Blamed-259109.shtml A number of three files containing highly sensitive information belonging to students and staff members from the University of Tampa (UT) were publicly available for a period of around eight months due to a server management error.

One of the files contained the records of 6,818 students, including IDs, social secur... (read more)]]> Fri, 16 Mar 2012 14:14:00 GMT Softpedia News - Data Leaks http://news.softpedia.com/news/University-of-Tampa-Exposes-30-000-Individuals-Server-Error-Blamed-259109.shtml Data Leaks http://news.softpedia.com/news/University-of-Tampa-Exposes-30-000-Individuals-Server-Error-Blamed-259109.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Eduard Kovacs) http://news.softpedia.com/news/TRICARE-Customers-Report-Fraudulent-Transactions-258830.shtml The data breach that affected TRICARE in September 2011 turns out to be more serious than initial reports led us to believe. A lot of customers are coming forward to claim that fraudulent charges have been made using their credit cards after the incident occurred.

“Retrieving the data on the tapes requires knowledge of and acce... (read more)]]> Thu, 15 Mar 2012 13:18:00 GMT Softpedia News - Data Leaks http://news.softpedia.com/news/TRICARE-Customers-Report-Fraudulent-Transactions-258830.shtml Data Leaks http://news.softpedia.com/news/TRICARE-Customers-Report-Fraudulent-Transactions-258830.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Eduard Kovacs) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Chinese-Use-Fake-Facebook-Profile-to-Collect-Data-on-UK-Officials-258058.shtml Admiral James G. Stavridis, NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander, is someone many officials would want to be friends with, if not in person at least on Facebook. This is exactly the thing some spies counted on when they used a fake Facebook account of Stavridis to gather intel on UK Ministry of Defence officials and military off... (read more)]]> Mon, 12 Mar 2012 12:53:00 GMT Softpedia News - Data Leaks http://news.softpedia.com/news/Chinese-Use-Fake-Facebook-Profile-to-Collect-Data-on-UK-Officials-258058.shtml Data Leaks http://news.softpedia.com/news/Chinese-Use-Fake-Facebook-Profile-to-Collect-Data-on-UK-Officials-258058.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Eduard Kovacs) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Symantec-Norton-Antivirus-Code-Leaked-by-Anonymous-Authentic-257889.shtml Symantec confirmed for Infosec Island that the Norton Antivirus 2006 source code leaked by Anonymous yesterday was in fact genuine. However, company representatives state that they were expecting this move and that customers are not affected in any way.

We previously reported that the 1.4 gigabyte code published by the ha... (read more)]]> Sat, 10 Mar 2012 11:28:00 GMT Softpedia News - Data Leaks http://news.softpedia.com/news/Symantec-Norton-Antivirus-Code-Leaked-by-Anonymous-Authentic-257889.shtml Data Leaks http://news.softpedia.com/news/Symantec-Norton-Antivirus-Code-Leaked-by-Anonymous-Authentic-257889.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Eduard Kovacs) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Symantec-Norton-Antivirus-2006-Code-Leaked-by-Anonymous-257636.shtml The saga that illustrates the cyber-battle between world renowned security solutions provider Symantec and Anonymous hacktivists continues. The hackers published the alleged source code of Norton Antivirus 2006, which they obtained during a breach that took place in 2006.

Not long ago, the hackers claimed they possessed the so... (read more)]]> Fri, 9 Mar 2012 09:31:00 GMT Softpedia News - Data Leaks http://news.softpedia.com/news/Symantec-Norton-Antivirus-2006-Code-Leaked-by-Anonymous-257636.shtml Data Leaks http://news.softpedia.com/news/Symantec-Norton-Antivirus-2006-Code-Leaked-by-Anonymous-257636.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Eduard Kovacs) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Anonymous-Leaks-Monsanto-Email-Database-256273.shtml OpMonsanto, the operation launched by Anonymous hackers against the world renowned agricultural biotechnology corporation, continues. The hacktivists managed to leak an email database which they admitted was outdated, the purpose of the breach being to show the organization that it’s not off the hook yet.

A Pastehtml post reveals a mass... (read more)]]> Fri, 2 Mar 2012 13:24:00 GMT Softpedia News - Data Leaks http://news.softpedia.com/news/Anonymous-Leaks-Monsanto-Email-Database-256273.shtml Data Leaks http://news.softpedia.com/news/Anonymous-Leaks-Monsanto-Email-Database-256273.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Eduard Kovacs) http://news.softpedia.com/news/WikiLeaks-to-Publish-Data-Obtained-by-Anonymous-from-Stratfor-255187.shtml In the past period, a number of 25 media outlets worldwide analyzed the gigabytes of data obtained by WikiLeaks from Stratfor, allegedly with the aid of Anonymous hackers. Now WikiLeaks plans on publishing all the data online under the name of The Global Intelligence Files.

According to a press release from WikiLeaks, th... (read more)]]> Mon, 27 Feb 2012 09:56:00 GMT Softpedia News - Data Leaks http://news.softpedia.com/news/WikiLeaks-to-Publish-Data-Obtained-by-Anonymous-from-Stratfor-255187.shtml Data Leaks http://news.softpedia.com/news/WikiLeaks-to-Publish-Data-Obtained-by-Anonymous-from-Stratfor-255187.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Eduard Kovacs) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Anonymous-Leaks-Symantec-s-pcAnywhere-Source-Code-251237.shtml After a lot of controversy and threats the hackers finally leaked the source code for Symantec’s pcAnywhere product, along with the emails we saw earlier today that contained the conversations between the hackers and the law enforcement representative that helped Symantec in the extorsion case.

The 1.4 gigabyte archive file co... (read more)]]> Tue, 7 Feb 2012 13:51:00 GMT Softpedia News - Data Leaks http://news.softpedia.com/news/Anonymous-Leaks-Symantec-s-pcAnywhere-Source-Code-251237.shtml Data Leaks http://news.softpedia.com/news/Anonymous-Leaks-Symantec-s-pcAnywhere-Source-Code-251237.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Eduard Kovacs) http://news.softpedia.com/news/232-Hard-Drives-Containing-Patient-Data-Stolen-and-Sold-on-eBay-245768.shtml A number of 232 hard drives containing confidential information on Brighton General Hospital patients were stolen from a locked storage facility, where they were being decommissioned, and put up for sale on eBay.

The Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust appointed the Sussex Health Informatics Service to d... (read more)]]> Wed, 11 Jan 2012 10:16:00 GMT Softpedia News - Data Leaks http://news.softpedia.com/news/232-Hard-Drives-Containing-Patient-Data-Stolen-and-Sold-on-eBay-245768.shtml Data Leaks http://news.softpedia.com/news/232-Hard-Drives-Containing-Patient-Data-Stolen-and-Sold-on-eBay-245768.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Eduard Kovacs) http://news.softpedia.com/news/UK-US-Officials-and-Nato-Advisers-Exposed-After-Stratfor-Hack-245255.shtml The latest information regarding the hacking operation Anonymous launched against Stratfor reveals that sensitive data belonging to US and British officials, some of which employed in highly sensitive areas, ended up in the hands of the cybercriminals.

According to The Guardian, email addresses and encrypted passwords o... (read more)]]> Mon, 9 Jan 2012 12:14:00 GMT Softpedia News - Data Leaks http://news.softpedia.com/news/UK-US-Officials-and-Nato-Advisers-Exposed-After-Stratfor-Hack-245255.shtml Data Leaks http://news.softpedia.com/news/UK-US-Officials-and-Nato-Advisers-Exposed-After-Stratfor-Hack-245255.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Eduard Kovacs) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Australian-Telecoms-Giant-Telstra-Exposes-Customers-for-Second-Time-in-December-243947.shtml After a few hundred thousand of their customers were left exposed due to an error on an unsecure and openly accessible webpage in early December, Telstra goofed up again, publishing a spreadsheet containing details on around 1,500 of their customers.

According to MusicFeeds, emails and ticket details of... (read more)]]> Tue, 3 Jan 2012 08:42:00 GMT Softpedia News - Data Leaks http://news.softpedia.com/news/Australian-Telecoms-Giant-Telstra-Exposes-Customers-for-Second-Time-in-December-243947.shtml Data Leaks http://news.softpedia.com/news/Australian-Telecoms-Giant-Telstra-Exposes-Customers-for-Second-Time-in-December-243947.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Eduard Kovacs) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Butler-Schein-Animal-Health-Customers-Exposed-After-Data-Breach-242152.shtml Butler Schein Animal Health started sending “important security and protection notifications” to their customers after they discovered that the MyVetDirect.com servers were breached and customer credit card information may have been leaked.

“This incident may have resulted in the unauthorized acquisit... (read more)]]> Wed, 21 Dec 2011 12:03:00 GMT Softpedia News - Data Leaks http://news.softpedia.com/news/Butler-Schein-Animal-Health-Customers-Exposed-After-Data-Breach-242152.shtml Data Leaks http://news.softpedia.com/news/Butler-Schein-Animal-Health-Customers-Exposed-After-Data-Breach-242152.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Eduard Kovacs) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Bank-of-Melbourne-Exposes-Sensitive-Customer-Information-241141.shtml A number of 15 collection letters, sent by the Bank of Melbourne to some of their customers, were found to contain sensitive information on other clients. Names, addresses, account numbers and amounts owed may have been included.

According to The Australian, due to a technical error, the financial institution inserted in some... (read more)]]> Fri, 16 Dec 2011 10:49:00 GMT Softpedia News - Data Leaks http://news.softpedia.com/news/Bank-of-Melbourne-Exposes-Sensitive-Customer-Information-241141.shtml Data Leaks http://news.softpedia.com/news/Bank-of-Melbourne-Exposes-Sensitive-Customer-Information-241141.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Eduard Kovacs) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Visa-Confirms-Data-Breach-Eastern-European-Banks-Affected-241049.shtml After the Romanian CEC Bank revealed the fact that they were in the process of blocking and reissuing the credit cards of 17,000 of their customers, along with PINs, Visa Europe and the Romanian Association of Banks (RAB) also confirmed the data breach that may have affected cardholders in eastern Europe.

Visa Europe said in... (read more)]]> Fri, 16 Dec 2011 07:52:00 GMT Softpedia News - Data Leaks http://news.softpedia.com/news/Visa-Confirms-Data-Breach-Eastern-European-Banks-Affected-241049.shtml Data Leaks http://news.softpedia.com/news/Visa-Confirms-Data-Breach-Eastern-European-Banks-Affected-241049.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Eduard Kovacs) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Romanian-CEC-Bank-Reissues-Credit-Cards-After-International-Data-Breach-240649.shtml Some of the customers of Romanian CEC Bank are being alerted by the financial institutions that they’re cards will be blocked and reissued along with their PINs after receiving numerous complaints about credit card details being leaked from the databases of an international company.

The company that suffe... (read more)]]> Wed, 14 Dec 2011 14:24:00 GMT Softpedia News - Data Leaks http://news.softpedia.com/news/Romanian-CEC-Bank-Reissues-Credit-Cards-After-International-Data-Breach-240649.shtml Data Leaks http://news.softpedia.com/news/Romanian-CEC-Bank-Reissues-Credit-Cards-After-International-Data-Breach-240649.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Eduard Kovacs) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Restaurant-Depot-Informs-Customers-of-Data-Breach-1-Million-Credit-Cards-Involved-240028.shtml Restaurant Depot and Jetro customers are being officially informed that the company recently fell victim to a hacking operation and all their customers’ credit cards information may have fallen into the hands of profit-driven cybercriminals.

During the period between September 21 and November 18... (read more)]]> Mon, 12 Dec 2011 14:45:00 GMT Softpedia News - Data Leaks http://news.softpedia.com/news/Restaurant-Depot-Informs-Customers-of-Data-Breach-1-Million-Credit-Cards-Involved-240028.shtml Data Leaks http://news.softpedia.com/news/Restaurant-Depot-Informs-Customers-of-Data-Breach-1-Million-Credit-Cards-Involved-240028.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Eduard Kovacs) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Australian-Telecoms-Giant-Telstra-Exposes-Sensitive-Customer-Data-239559.shtml Telstra, one of the largest telecommunications companies in Australia, will have some explaining to do after a simple search on their website revealed that their customers’ information was inadvertently shared online.

The company has a few million account holders which means that the impact of such an incident... (read more)]]> Fri, 9 Dec 2011 12:18:00 GMT Softpedia News - Data Leaks http://news.softpedia.com/news/Australian-Telecoms-Giant-Telstra-Exposes-Sensitive-Customer-Data-239559.shtml Data Leaks http://news.softpedia.com/news/Australian-Telecoms-Giant-Telstra-Exposes-Sensitive-Customer-Data-239559.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Eduard Kovacs)