California Department of Health Care Mistakenly Publishes Details of 14,000 People

State of California has mistakenly published thousands of Social Security numbers on the Internet.
The list includes Medi-Cal providers in 25 California counties, including Amador, Calaveras, Colusa, Nevada, Placer, Sutter, Tuolumne and Yuba.

The information, belonging to Medi-Cal providers working for In-Home Supportive Services, had been posted on the Medi-Cal website for a period of nine days before someone noticed the error.

Individuals from 25 countries are affected by the breach. Those impacted will be receiving notification letters and they’re being offered one year of free credit monitoring services.

Additional measures are being deployed to avoid such incidents from occurring in the future.  

The confidential information was available on the state's Medi-Cal website for anyone to see for a period of nine days, before the mistake was discovered and the numbers removed.Social Security numbers are a key ingredient for identity theft.

This is the second time in the past 5 months when In-Home Supportive Services providers are affected by a data breach. Last time, a total of 750,000 people were exposed by a breach at the Department of Social Services.

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Over 400 Indian Websites Defaced by Sizzling Soul and P@khTuN72

Over the weekend, a total of over 400 domains and subdomains have been defaced by a couple of hackers calling themselves Sizzling Soul and P@khTuN72. Most of the sites appear to be owned by various Indian businesses.

Since the hacktivists haven't defaced the targeted sites’ homepages, most of their owners are probably still unaware of the fact that the websites are displaying the hackers’ logo.

                                      Targeted Sites List 1

                                      Targeted Sites List 2 

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ProjectWhiteFox : Over 30 High Profile Sites Record Leaked By GhostShell Hackers

GhostShell Hackers returns with another massive data leak. On this occasion – which represents their last project for this year they’ve leaked around 1.6 million account details from fields such as banking, law, education, military, government and aerospace, as part of a new project called ProjectWhiteFox.

The data dump originates from over 30 websites. The large quantity of information appears to come from the systems of organizations such as NASA, the European Space Agency, Crestwood Technology Group, Bigelow Aerospace, the California Manufacturers & Technology Association and Aerospace Suppliers.

Archives at http://pastebin.com/agUFkEEa

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IAEA Data Breach Part 2

In response to IAEA's Previous data breach and official statement, They're now publishing additional information to prove there ability to gain access to highly sensitive information, Including Confidential 'SafeGuard' Documents, Satellite Images, Official letters, Presentations and etc.Hoping positive IAEA's decision as an independent international organization doesn't allow this to happen again.

Information they listed was extracted from one of IAEA's new servers (“Nuclear Data Section, NDS“)

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