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

Lush escapes fine over British data breach 

Lush escapes fine over British data breach

In Risk - By Miya Knighs, 11 August 2011 1:02 PM
Took steps to protect data.
Trojan update fingered for massive South Korean breach 

Trojan update fingered for massive South Korean breach

In Hackers - By Darren Pauli, 11 August 2011 11:02 AM
Breach could blow out by millions.
Hackers disrupt Hong Kong stock exchange 

Hackers disrupt Hong Kong stock exchange

In Hackers - By Darren Pauli, 11 August 2011 1:19 AM
Exchange to revert to BBS if interruptions continue.
Hackers steal, sell 92,000 Citigroup accounts 

Hackers steal, sell 92,000 Citigroup accounts

In Hackers - By Dan Raywood, 11 August 2011 12:15 AM
But PINs, CCVs are safe.
BlackBerry blackmailed over London riot crackdown 

BlackBerry blackmailed over London riot crackdown

In Hackers - By Darren Pauli, 10 August 2011 1:16 PM
Blair hackers join the riots.
Insulin pumps can be hacked  

Insulin pumps can be hacked

In Hackers - By Dan Kaplan, 5 August 2011 1:00 PM
Like "getting root on the body".
World hacked in global cyber espionage attacks 

World hacked in global cyber espionage attacks

In Hackers - By Dan Raywood and Darren Pauli, 3 August 2011 11:59 PM
McAfee fingers social engineering in five-year attacks on governments and businesses.
Topiary 'known' to police says network giant 

Topiary 'known' to police says network giant

In Hackers - By Darren Pauli, 1 August 2011 4:00 PM
Police investigations "slow and protracted".
One in two South Koreans lose data in massive hack 

One in two South Koreans lose data in massive hack

In Hackers - By Darren Pauli, 29 July 2011 9:47 AM
Social network and web search sites hacked.
Basic holes behind 70% of Defence breach call outs 

Basic holes behind 70% of Defence breach call outs

In Applications - By John Hilvert, 28 July 2011 3:10 PM
Missed patches and borked administrative rights blamed.
LulzSec spokesman Topiary arrested 

LulzSec spokesman Topiary arrested

In Hackers - By Dan Kaplan, 28 July 2011 7:50 AM
Suspect had laughed "wholeheartedly" at fears of arrest.
Black hat a ticket to career blacklist 

Black hat a ticket to career blacklist

In Hackers - By Darren Pauli, 27 July 2011 4:24 PM
Jail is a great deterrent for employers.
Alleged DistributeIT hacker arrested 

Alleged DistributeIT hacker arrested

In Hackers - By Darren Pauli, 27 July 2011 11:46 AM
Court refuses suspect bail.
User details stolen from Tas Govt 

User details stolen from Tas Govt

In Networks - By Darren Pauli, 26 July 2011 1:19 PM
Govt deletes logins, patches vulnerability.
Cyber Storm III prompts crisis management re-think 

Cyber Storm III prompts crisis management re-think

In Networks - By Darren Pauli, 25 July 2011 11:01 AM
Attorney-General pledges changes to plan.
Apple laptop batteries could run malware, overheat 

Apple laptop batteries could run malware, overheat

In Crypto - By SC Australia Staff, 25 July 2011 10:17 AM
Releases fix to fill microchip vulnerability.
Zurich fights Sony breach pay out  

Zurich fights Sony breach pay out

In Hackers - By Dan Kaplan, 25 July 2011 8:48 AM
Insurance pay out case may set precedent for general liability policies.
Claims secret Nato email docs leave phone hacking for dead 

Claims secret Nato email docs leave phone hacking for dead

In Hackers - By Darren Pauli, 22 July 2011 2:37 AM
Phone hacking scandal "isn't s---" by comparison.
The Sun emails, royals, bank data in pending breach dump 

The Sun emails, royals, bank data in pending breach dump

In Hackers - By SC Australia Staff, 21 July 2011 8:16 PM
LulzSec ringleader promises explosive release.
Taliban phones hacked, calls in tech support 

Taliban phones hacked, calls in tech support

In Messaging - By SC Australia Staff, 21 July 2011 12:09 AM
Reports of Mullah Omar death were fake.
Lessons from the Sony hack 

Lessons from the Sony hack

In Applications - By Joe Basirico, 20 July 2011 4:07 PM
Software flaws are easy to attack, so, fix them.
Anonymous members vanned after PayPal DDoS 

Anonymous members vanned after PayPal DDoS

In Networks - By Dan Kaplan, 20 July 2011 1:07 PM
Fourteen Anons learn it's no fun in the FBI 'partyvan'.
The Sun hacked, reports Murdoch dead 

The Sun hacked, reports Murdoch dead

In Hackers - By Darren Pauli, 19 July 2011 11:11 AM
Hackers inject redirect to fake news story.
Drug, paternity test records exposed 

Drug, paternity test records exposed

In Web/client - By SC Australia Staff, 18 July 2011 11:07 AM
Records exposed in caches for almost a year.
Analysis: Voices from a darknet  

Analysis: Voices from a darknet

In Networks - By Mike Caudill, 15 July 2011 11:37 AM
Each service exposed to the internet must be adequately protected.
Pentagon lost 24,000 files in March hack 

Pentagon lost 24,000 files in March hack

In Hackers - By Darren Pauli, 15 July 2011 9:41 AM
Foreign intelligence fingered in hack, RSA absolved.
PayPal CSO calls for AntiSec hunt 

PayPal CSO calls for AntiSec hunt

In Hackers - By Darren Pauli, 14 July 2011 2:05 PM
Hacking spree will continue unless perps are identified and 'vanned'.
Toshiba hacked, admin, reseller logins exposed 

Toshiba hacked, admin, reseller logins exposed

In Hackers - By Darren Pauli, 13 July 2011 11:40 PM
Hacker claims to hold a database of 10,000 records.
Anonymous dumps 2500 accounts, claims Monsanto hack 

Anonymous dumps 2500 accounts, claims Monsanto hack

In Hackers - By Darren Pauli, 13 July 2011 10:09 PM
Group claims its Twitter and email accounts were hacked in retaliation.
Take AntiSec to the boardroom 

Take AntiSec to the boardroom

In Risk - By Patricia Titus, CIO, UniSys, 13 July 2011 8:24 AM
CSOs need to get into the boardrooms and articulate the risk to the business.
90k US military email accounts posted to BitTorrent 

90k US military email accounts posted to BitTorrent

In Hackers - By Darren Pauli, 12 July 2011 12:50 PM
Hackers 'invoice' for security audit.
MS security centre served porn 

MS security centre served porn

In Web/client - By Dan Raywood, 12 July 2011 10:37 AM
MS jumps to patch flaw.
German police hacked, suspect tracking data stolen 

German police hacked, suspect tracking data stolen

In Hackers - By Darren Pauli, 9 July 2011 2:57 AM
Usernames, passwords, and coordinates stolen in data haul.
Anonymous busted in Italy, Switzerland 

Anonymous busted in Italy, Switzerland

In Hackers - By Dan Raywood, 9 July 2011 2:33 AM
Jester has last laugh.
Morgan Stanley loses 34k customer records on unencrypted CDs 

Morgan Stanley loses 34k customer records on unencrypted CDs

In Crypto - By Dan Raywood, 9 July 2011 2:33 AM
Data should have been encrypted by default.
Police bust puts kybosh on fraud ring 

Police bust puts kybosh on fraud ring

In Hackers - By SC Australia Staff, 8 July 2011 1:34 PM
Fraudulent purchases topped $300,000.
Hackers steal 17,000 accounts, including US military 

Hackers steal 17,000 accounts, including US military

In Hackers - By Darren Pauli, 7 July 2011 2:21 PM
Group opens recruitment drive hacking contest.
Anonymous claims Apple login theft 

Anonymous claims Apple login theft

In Hackers - By Tom Brewster, 5 July 2011 7:56 PM
Anonymous claims to have taken Apple users' passwords and logins.
Analysis: Detecting LDAP injections 

Analysis: Detecting LDAP injections

In Web/client - By Andres Riancho, 5 July 2011 1:58 PM
Centralised location for authentication is good, but there's problems in implementation.
NATO server rooted, server backup dumped 

NATO server rooted, server backup dumped

In Hackers - By Darren Pauli, 5 July 2011 9:40 AM
Hackers claim private zero day.
Sydney Uni escapes censure over privacy breach 

Sydney Uni escapes censure over privacy breach

In Web/client - By Darren Pauli, 29 June 2011 1:00 PM
Educator's report card reads: Tries hard, could do better.
Hackers swipe military personnel details 

Hackers swipe military personnel details

In Hackers - By SC Australia Staff, 29 June 2011 8:22 AM
Names, email addresses and service details stolen.
Hackers post stolen MySpace, PayPal details online 

Hackers post stolen MySpace, PayPal details online

In Hackers - By Darren Pauli, 28 June 2011 12:16 PM
Credentials remain valid.
Groupon loses 300,000 user details 

Groupon loses 300,000 user details

In Applications - By Darren Pauli, 28 June 2011 10:34 AM
Australian users safe.
LulzSec splits amid FBI hunt 

LulzSec splits amid FBI hunt

In Hackers - By Darren Pauli, 27 June 2011 12:34 AM
Hackers upload final cache of stolen data.
Hackers leak Tony Blair's address book 

Hackers leak Tony Blair's address book

In Hackers - By Darren Pauli, 25 June 2011 11:49 AM
Australia contact confirms Blair links
Goatse hacker pleads guilty to AT&T iPad breach 

Goatse hacker pleads guilty to AT&T iPad breach

In Hackers - By Dan Kaplan, 24 June 2011 9:40 AM
Guilty plea is a timely reminder of treating criminal activity as a competitive sport, prosecutors said.
Amazon cloud exploited 

Amazon cloud exploited

In Cloud - By Dan Raywood, 24 June 2011 9:40 AM
But the problems lie with customers, not Amazon.
Are your staff emails hacked? Check here 

Are your staff emails hacked? Check here

In Hackers - By Darren Pauli, 22 June 2011 7:12 AM
So easy, even your mum could use it.
LulzSec rumoured to have stolen UK Census records 

LulzSec rumoured to have stolen UK Census records

In Crypto - By Dan Raywood, 22 June 2011 7:10 AM
LulSec says it is "like WikiLeaks".
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