identity-theft | Darknet

October 14th, 2008

Hacker Posts List of Compromised User Accounts Online

It seems that people are truly shocked when their identities get exposed, and the vast majority use the same single password for ALL of their online accounts. That’s just crazy!
A ‘kind-hearted’ hacker recently exposed a bunch of online accounts (with passwords) to gain himself more status in a hacker forum (l33t sk1llz dudebro!).

WHEN Australian web [...]

August 30th, 2006

AT&T Hack Exposes 19,000 Identities

Ah another huge hacking resulting in a large loss of confidential information, companies really need to start getting more pro-active about aggresively testing their corporate networks and web based applications.
Information including CREDIT CARD numbers sadly.

AT&T on Tuesday said hackers broke into one of its computer systems and accessed personal data on thousands of customers who [...]