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

24-hour breach notification 'unfeasible' 

24-hour breach notification 'unfeasible'

In Risk - By Dan Raywood, 28 May 2012 12:17 AM
EU Commission says victims to be notified one day after breaches.
MilitarySingles owned by remote file inclusion hole 

MilitarySingles owned by remote file inclusion hole

In Applications - By Marcos Colon, 27 May 2012 11:47 PM
Site hacked, 170,000 unsalted passwords exposed.
US hospital fined $750,000 following data breach 

US hospital fined $750,000 following data breach

In Risk - By Marcos Colon, 27 May 2012 11:18 PM
Hospital lost phone numbers, birth dates, and health care data.
Herpes bot master outed 

Herpes bot master outed

In Applications - By Darren Pauli, 24 May 2012 7:57 PM
Lax identity protection leads to downfall.
Hacker hawks exploit in blue chip email system 

Hacker hawks exploit in blue chip email system

In Hackers - By Darren Pauli, 24 May 2012 12:23 PM
NASA implicated in exploit auction.
Telstra re-issues 35,000 passwords after GameArena hack 

Telstra re-issues 35,000 passwords after GameArena hack

In Hackers - By Darren Pauli, 24 May 2012 7:56 AM
Financial data unaffected.
Thousands affected in billing cloud breach 

Thousands affected in billing cloud breach

In Web/client - By Darren Pauli, 22 May 2012 2:07 PM
Usernames, passwords and credit cards stolen.
Site registers 10 million stolen passwords 

Site registers 10 million stolen passwords

In Risk - By SC Australia Staff, 22 May 2012 9:42 AM
Aussie site booms in opening year.
AusCERT2012: Kaspersky defends data retention, secretive breaches 

AusCERT2012: Kaspersky defends data retention, secretive breaches

In Networks - By James Hutchinson, 17 May 2012 4:02 PM
But privacy paramount to both.
Alleged LulzSec hacker Hammond pleads innocent 

Alleged LulzSec hacker Hammond pleads innocent

In Networks - By Dan Kaplan, 16 May 2012 1:03 PM
Accused Stratfor hacker Jeremy Hammond plans to fight the charges filed against him for the devastating breach of the global affairs firm.
Has th3j35t3r been unmasked? 

Has th3j35t3r been unmasked?

In Web/client - By Darren Pauli, 15 May 2012 12:04 PM
Hackers shuts down Twitter account, blog entries following alleged threats.
'TeaMp0isoN' members arrested 

'TeaMp0isoN' members arrested

In Hackers - By Dan Raywood, 15 May 2012 6:53 AM
Soca suspects nabbed.
Twitter assures users after 55,000 accounts hacked 

Twitter assures users after 55,000 accounts hacked

In Hackers - By Darren Pauli, 9 May 2012 2:03 PM
Victims of mass hacking notified.
Chinese uni hacked, 150,000 accounts dumped 

Chinese uni hacked, 150,000 accounts dumped

In Hackers - By Darren Pauli, 8 May 2012 12:14 PM
Twin attacks also breaches European foreign exchange site.
Hackers hold Belgian bank to ransom 

Hackers hold Belgian bank to ransom

In Hackers - By SC Staff, 7 May 2012 10:23 AM
Ransom refused: 'We don't like blackmail'.
700 US Govt staff details hacked  

700 US Govt staff details hacked

In Hackers - By SC Australia Staff, 3 May 2012 5:12 PM
Home addresses and phone numbers published on Pastebin.
Card brands dump Global Payments 

Card brands dump Global Payments

In Hackers - By Dan Kaplan, 3 May 2012 10:58 AM
Visa asks company to re-validate to PCI standards.
Cybercrime shop manages hacked web sites 

Cybercrime shop manages hacked web sites

In Web/client - By SC Australia Staff, 1 May 2012 9:26 PM
Offers counter anti-virus, vulnerability discovery.
Hacked Skype IP address search launched 

Hacked Skype IP address search launched

In Crypto - By Darren Pauli, 1 May 2012 5:10 PM
Skype user locations, ISPs revealed.
Information Commissioner strengthens data breach guide 

Information Commissioner strengthens data breach guide

In Risk - By Liz Tay, John Hilvert, 1 May 2012 8:20 AM
Mandatory notification laws yet to come.
Microsoft squashes Hotmail hijack bug 

Microsoft squashes Hotmail hijack bug

In Hackers - By Darren Pauli, 30 April 2012 8:23 AM
Accounts cracked in 60 seconds.
High stakes poker site hacked  

High stakes poker site hacked

In Hackers - By SC Australia Staff, 27 April 2012 11:54 AM
Hacker grabs usernames, passwords.
Mafia muscle in on Russian cyber crime 

Mafia muscle in on Russian cyber crime

In Hackers - By Dan Kaplan, 26 April 2012 10:53 AM
Mob rule brings profits and professionalism.
VMWare ESX source code leaked 

VMWare ESX source code leaked

In Hackers - By Darren Pauli, 26 April 2012 10:42 AM
Company confirms leak affected 2004 product.
Prank terror calls unravel prolific hacker group 

Prank terror calls unravel prolific hacker group

In Hackers - By SC Australia Staff, 17 April 2012 11:49 PM
Leader of LulzSec-hating hacktivists arrested.
Imported hackers protect NSW's critical infrastructure 

Imported hackers protect NSW's critical infrastructure

In Networks - By Darren Pauli, 17 April 2012 12:30 PM
State government contractor turns black hats white.
Thieving staff safe from US hacking laws 

Thieving staff safe from US hacking laws

In Applications - By Dan Kaplan, 16 April 2012 9:17 AM
US court decision could benefit #wikileaks source Bradley Manning.
At least 1.5m accounts hit in Global Payments breach 

At least 1.5m accounts hit in Global Payments breach

In Hackers - By Dan Raywood, 2 April 2012 11:51 PM
A breach affecting Visa and MasterCard has been laid at the feet of payment processor Global Payments.
Austar takeover ticked as News hacking heats up 

Austar takeover ticked as News hacking heats up

In Hackers - By Martin Hirst, 2 April 2012 10:03 AM
Murdoch hints at legal action.
Visa, Mastercard investigate massive credit breach 

Visa, Mastercard investigate massive credit breach

In Networks - By Dan Kaplan, 1 April 2012 6:48 PM
Could involve up to 10 million cards.
Cisco mum on NDS hacking allegations 

Cisco mum on NDS hacking allegations

In Risk - By Darren Pauli, 30 March 2012 12:29 PM
NDS sale price could plummet, analyst says.
LulzSec redux dumps data from military raid 

LulzSec redux dumps data from military raid

In Networks - By Dan Kaplan, 28 March 2012 2:04 PM
Hackers deface site after admin denies evidence of breach.
Hacktivism booms but SMBs still pwned by robots 

Hacktivism booms but SMBs still pwned by robots

In Hackers - By Darren Pauli, 22 March 2012 4:46 PM
Hactivism more prolific than cybercrime, Verizon says.
Indian call centres sold health records, credit cards 

Indian call centres sold health records, credit cards

In Applications - By SC Staff, 22 March 2012 9:08 AM
Call centre agent meets reporters with a laptop full of data.
Data breach costs drop for first time 

Data breach costs drop for first time

In Risk - By Dan Kaplan, 21 March 2012 11:39 AM
Bucks six-year trend.
Conroy opens undergrad pen test competition 

Conroy opens undergrad pen test competition

In Hackers - By Liz Tay, 20 March 2012 8:48 AM
Seeks to entice with Black Hat conference ticket.
Inside Telstra's customer information breach  

Inside Telstra's customer information breach

In Networks - By Darren Pauli, 19 March 2012 4:35 PM
Mitigating a breach for 60,000 customers.
British cops fined for losing missing persons report 

British cops fined for losing missing persons report

In Applications - By Dan Raywood, 16 March 2012 4:26 PM
While US health insurer fined $1.42 million.
Spooked Sourceforge kills AnonOS 

Spooked Sourceforge kills AnonOS

In Applications - By Darren Pauli, 16 March 2012 12:52 PM
Security concerns flagged with closed-source hacker operating system.
Victorians to vote online next year 

Victorians to vote online next year

In Applications - By Darren Pauli, 16 March 2012 8:16 AM
Security to be tested during by-elections.
RDP flaw a harbinger of breaches  

RDP flaw a harbinger of breaches

In Applications - By Darren Pauli, 14 March 2012 1:00 AM
Small businesses most at risk from dangerous vulnerability.
Incident response and e-voting discussed at Security on the Move 

Incident response and e-voting discussed at Security on the Move

In Networks - By SC Australia Staff, 13 March 2012 3:47 PM
Breaches, cloud computing contracts, and fraud go under the spotlight.
Symantec confirms Norton AV code leaked 

Symantec confirms Norton AV code leaked

In Applications - By Dan Raywood, 13 March 2012 7:06 AM
Symantec has confirmed that source code for its Norton anti-virus has been leaked.
Exclusive: How Sony is fighting back  

Exclusive: How Sony is fighting back

In Networks - By Darren Pauli, 12 March 2012 11:26 AM
Systems that monitor staff and user behaviour could detect social attacks.
40,000 credit cards stolen after porn sites popped 

40,000 credit cards stolen after porn sites popped

In Hackers - By Dan Kaplan, 12 March 2012 8:51 AM
Hackers target porn mega websites.
Entrapment claims emerge after LulzSec arrests 

Entrapment claims emerge after LulzSec arrests

In Hackers - By Dan Kaplan, 8 March 2012 9:31 AM
Did Sabu's handlers go too far?
Anonymous attacks, defaces security firm website 

Anonymous attacks, defaces security firm website

In Hackers - By Dan Raywood, 8 March 2012 9:27 AM
Responds to international hacker arrests.
Feds arrest LulzSec leaders in international sting 

Feds arrest LulzSec leaders in international sting

In Hackers - By Darren Pauli, 7 March 2012 9:38 AM
LulzSec brought down amid allegations leader talked to feds.
RankMyHack mulls dedicated DoS access 

RankMyHack mulls dedicated DoS access

In Hackers - By Darren Pauli, 7 March 2012 5:59 AM
Gives grunt to hacktivism.
Hackers steal Michael Jackson catalog from Sony 

Hackers steal Michael Jackson catalog from Sony

In Hackers - By Marcos Colon, 6 March 2012 12:03 PM
Attack discovered during routine monitoring.
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