Data breaches

Data breaches

Technology is getting smarter, but hackers are still stealing data through basic web application flaws. Even sophisticated attacks exploit a series of basic security oversights. In this topic page, we keep tabs on some of the most prominent breaches and discuss how you can avoid being a statistic.

Latest about Data breaches

Anonymous: Power grid concerns are US Govt spin 

Anonymous: Power grid concerns are US Govt spin

In Hackers - By Dan Kaplan, 22 February 2012 11:50 AM
Collective suspicions remain.
Anonymous hacks FTC over Google privacy, ACTA 

Anonymous hacks FTC over Google privacy, ACTA

In Hackers - By Dan Kaplan, 21 February 2012 6:29 AM
Hackers claim to have rooted hundreds of FTC servers.
Encrypted data possibly stolen in Valve hack 

Encrypted data possibly stolen in Valve hack

In Applications - By Dan Raywood, 21 February 2012 6:29 AM
Hacked database contained 35 million user records.
Student jailed for hacking Facebook 

Student jailed for hacking Facebook

In Hackers - By Darren Pauli, 20 February 2012 8:44 AM
Not just 'harmless experimentation'.
British privacy office fines three councils in two days  

British privacy office fines three councils in two days

In Risk - By Dan Raywood, 17 February 2012 11:00 AM
Council fined $118,000 for email bungle.
Nortel Networks hacked for a decade 

Nortel Networks hacked for a decade

In Hackers - By SC Staff, 15 February 2012 6:34 AM
The Canadian telecoms company Nortel Networks was reportedly hit by hackers for nearly 10 years.
Ticketmaster mailing system hacked 

Ticketmaster mailing system hacked

In Hackers - By Dan Raywood, 14 February 2012 6:28 AM
Spammers cash in on UK click-through traffic.
Lost USB contained info on 1000 school kids 

Lost USB contained info on 1000 school kids

In Risk - By Dan Raywood, 10 February 2012 4:37 PM
The details of more than 1,000 school pupils were lost when a USB stick was misplaced by a member of East Lothian Council.
Symantec source code posted to BitTorrent 

Symantec source code posted to BitTorrent

In Applications - By Darren Pauli, 9 February 2012 9:15 AM
Symantec warns of pending breaches.
Hackers claim Symantec would pay $50,000 extortion  

Hackers claim Symantec would pay $50,000 extortion

In Hackers - By Darren Pauli, 7 February 2012 1:12 PM
Source code hacker claims Symantec offered hush money.
FBI call intercepted by Anonymous 

FBI call intercepted by Anonymous

In Hackers - By Dan Kaplan, 5 February 2012 2:41 PM
Hackers intercept intelligence on Anonymous, LulzSec crackdown.
Haditha massacre emails exposed in hacker raid 

Haditha massacre emails exposed in hacker raid

In Hackers - By Dan Kaplan, 5 February 2012 9:41 AM
Anonymous dumped 300 GB of communications lifted from the legal representatives of Frank Wuterich.
Verisign hacked, data stolen 

Verisign hacked, data stolen

In Networks - By Darren Pauli, 3 February 2012 1:12 AM
Security pros detected hacks in 2010, warned execs the following year.
Pentagon, NASA hacker TinKode arrested 

Pentagon, NASA hacker TinKode arrested

In Hackers - By Darren Pauli, 2 February 2012 11:23 PM
Romanian hacker accused of breaching government systems.
Aussie domain reseller Netfleet hacked 

Aussie domain reseller Netfleet hacked

In Hackers - By Darren Pauli, 1 February 2012 8:56 PM
Runs an exhaustive investigation with CERT Australia and the AFP.
Privacy Commissioner probes Fairfax hack 

Privacy Commissioner probes Fairfax hack

In Web/client - By Darren Pauli, 1 February 2012 3:21 PM
Investigation launched into security and privacy compliance.
Fairfax microsites hacked 

Fairfax microsites hacked

In Hackers - By Darren Pauli, 1 February 2012 12:00 PM
Third party hosted sites give hackers the keys to the front door.
Hawaii's first data breach: Uni settles with 98,000 victims 

Hawaii's first data breach: Uni settles with 98,000 victims

In Applications - By Dan Kaplan, 29 January 2012 6:32 PM
Offers victims two-years credit reporting and fraud protection.
Android 'Swiss Army Knife' hack tool released 

Android 'Swiss Army Knife' hack tool released

In Applications - By Darren Pauli, 29 January 2012 3:00 AM
Reverse engineering and analysis #Shmoocon
PcAnywhere code stolen, Symantec warns of exploits 

PcAnywhere code stolen, Symantec warns of exploits

In Applications - By Dan Kaplan, 26 January 2012 12:08 PM
Company recommends to stop using its product pending fixes.
EU biz to report big breaches same day 

EU biz to report big breaches same day

In Risk - By Dan Raywood, 26 January 2012 2:39 AM
Businesses across the European Union (EU) will have to report 'major' data breaches within 24 hours.
Anonymous targets Ireland over SOPA plans 

Anonymous targets Ireland over SOPA plans

In Hackers - By Dan Raywood, 26 January 2012 1:39 AM
Attacks direct media from scrutinising SOPA, critics say.
Microsoft Points dumped, hackers thwarted? 

Microsoft Points dumped, hackers thwarted?

In Hackers - By Darren Pauli, 24 January 2012 7:44 PM
Would the abolition of Microsoft Points sound a death knell for thriving grey markets?
Israeli hacker posts 18,000 Arab Facebook logins  

Israeli hacker posts 18,000 Arab Facebook logins

In Networks - By Greg Masters, 24 January 2012 9:44 AM
Calls for ceasefire in hacking war.
Forty billing system passwords published 

Forty billing system passwords published

In Hackers - By Darren Pauli, 23 January 2012 11:59 PM
Brisbane company named in list.
ASIC reports hack 

ASIC reports hack

In Hackers - By SC Australia Staff, 23 January 2012 1:50 PM
Requests clients update passwords.
Copycat Megaupload site emerges 

Copycat Megaupload site emerges

In Networks - By Darren Pauli, 20 January 2012 3:22 PM
Anonymous goes DDoS crazy.
Megaupload shutdown, founder arrested 

Megaupload shutdown, founder arrested

In Networks - By Darren Pauli, 20 January 2012 11:25 AM
New Zealand police swoop on Kim Dotcom.
Data breach priorities in the US 

Data breach priorities in the US

In Risk - By Ozzie Fonseca, 20 January 2012 7:54 AM
If the breach is bad enough, US organisations must report it to authorities.
Cyber attacks against Israel continue  

Cyber attacks against Israel continue

In Applications - By Dan Raywood, 19 January 2012 11:10 AM
Cyber attacks against Israel continued this week with the websites of its stock exchange and national airline El Al hit.
T-Mobile reused staff passwords 

T-Mobile reused staff passwords

In Hackers - By Dan Raywood, 19 January 2012 11:10 AM
Telco says breach was limited.
Anonymous to hack Sony on Monday 

Anonymous to hack Sony on Monday

In Hackers - By Darren Pauli, 18 January 2012 11:45 AM
Sony's homepage to be plastered with pirated music in protest of SOPA.
US clothing megastore hacked, millions affected 

US clothing megastore hacked, millions affected

In Hackers - By Darren Pauli, 17 January 2012 12:28 AM
CEO limits online apology to US customers.
Pharmaceutical group emails confidental forecasts to analysts 

Pharmaceutical group emails confidental forecasts to analysts

In Messaging - By Dan Raywood, 16 January 2012 3:06 AM
Classic 'fat finger' mistake.
Indian hackers claim US Government login list 

Indian hackers claim US Government login list

In Hackers - By Darren Pauli, 16 January 2012 3:04 AM
Hackers continue strike on the Indian Government after stealing Symantec source code.
Stratfor admits stolen credit cards were unencrypted 

Stratfor admits stolen credit cards were unencrypted

In Crypto - By Dan Raywood, 12 January 2012 11:39 PM
But CEO says "the attempt to silence us failed".
British military and politicians exposed by Stratfor hack 

British military and politicians exposed by Stratfor hack

In Risk - By SC Staff, 10 January 2012 12:10 AM
But UK Government says its passwords are safe.
Hackers rewrite smart meter power bill 

Hackers rewrite smart meter power bill

In Networks - By Darren Pauli, 9 January 2012 10:44 PM
Energy data shows what movies customers were watching.
Xbox Live a goldmine for hackers 

Xbox Live a goldmine for hackers

In Hackers - By Darren Pauli, 9 January 2012 3:23 PM
Scammers selling Microsoft Points dirt cheap.
Stratfor subscribers rickrolled, CEO butt of jokes 

Stratfor subscribers rickrolled, CEO butt of jokes

In Applications - By Dan Kaplan, 7 January 2012 1:04 PM
Emails sent by deranged, sexually-deviant, criminal, hacker, terrorist masterminds.
Symantec's doubts dashed: Hackers stole code 

Symantec's doubts dashed: Hackers stole code

In Hackers - By Dan Kaplan, 7 January 2012 1:04 PM
But code was defunct.
Symantec disputes claims hackers stole Norton source code 

Symantec disputes claims hackers stole Norton source code

In Hackers - By Dan Kaplan, 6 January 2012 10:45 AM
Hackers' sneak peek lacks source.
Singapore University hacked 

Singapore University hacked

In Hackers - By Darren Pauli, 5 January 2012 3:15 PM
Usernames, passwords, and domain information exposed.
ANZ E*Trade DoSSed 

ANZ E*Trade DoSSed

In Hackers - By SC Australia Staff, 5 January 2012 3:00 PM
Access cut for a fortnight.
Anonymous to attack Sony, Bieber over SOPA support 

Anonymous to attack Sony, Bieber over SOPA support

In Applications - By Dan Raywood, 5 January 2012 10:07 AM
Irate advocates threaten SOPA supporters.
Subway hack wasn't fresh 

Subway hack wasn't fresh

In Applications - By SC Staff, 4 January 2012 11:38 AM
Old tools, tricks used to fleece victims
StratFor subscriber base posted to the web 

StratFor subscriber base posted to the web

In Hackers - By Brett Winterford, 30 December 2011 6:27 PM
Thousands of Australians exposed.
StratFor hack: 50,000+ victims, and counting 

StratFor hack: 50,000+ victims, and counting

In Hackers - By Brett Winterford, 28 December 2011 4:22 PM
AntiSec movement threatens to release 2.7 million emails.
Anonymous shreds intelligence firm Stratfor in latest hack 

Anonymous shreds intelligence firm Stratfor in latest hack

In Hackers - By Dan Kaplan, 28 December 2011 10:50 AM
Security intelligence firm compromised.
Square Enix says hack failed 

Square Enix says hack failed

In Hackers - By SC Australia Staff, 20 December 2011 9:09 AM
Reports incident to Japanese Government.
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