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100's Beijing Government networks are vulnerable to Cyber-attack ! China is known as an aggressor in cyberspace, but hundreds of Beijing’s own government networks are vulnerable to cyber-attack, says one security expert whose hobby is finding back doors into Chinese computer systems. Among the systems that hackers have penetrated is a database containing personal details - including email addresses, cellphone and passport numbers, and even psychological test results - of 11,000 people, including thousands of Americans. The database, maintained by the state agency that recruits foreign specialists to work in China, was breached by hackers last year, according to U.S. security researcher Dillon Beresford. But many of the Americans in the database did not know their details were there and had been accessed by hackers. Source

Hacker Got PlayStation 77 million PSN customers Network Users info ! Sony Corp. said Tuesday a hacker had obtained customer information, possibly including credit-card numbers, of members of its online PlayStation Network, a potential problem for the quickly growing field of online gaming. The Japanese electronics giant said it is informing its 77 million PSN customers that personal information--including names, addresses, billing history and birthdays--was obtained by an "unauthorized person" following a hacking attack that prompted Sony to shut down its Internet gaming service last week.

The Film and Publication Board’s (FPB) website Hacked by  Dr.KroOoZ - By.NeShTeR / TTG ! The Film and Publication Board’s (FPB) website, hosted at http://www.fpb.gov.za , is the latest government website to be hacked. Visitors to the FPB website on Monday were greeted by the message “ Hacked By Dr.KroOoZ - By.NeShTeR / TTG” and the PHP error code “Fatal error: Class 'JConfig' not found in… ” The recent security breaches are often related to software which is not updated, and since the FPB’s website is built on the popular Joomla Open Source Software (OSS) regular security updates are necessary to avoid hacking vulnerabilities. Details about the FPB hacking are as yet unknown, and at the time of publication the hacking message still displayed on all web pages. It is not clear when the website will be restored. The FPB website hacking follows security breaches of the ANC and ANC Youth League websites over the last month. Many ANC Youth League (ANCYL) visitors were surp...

Indian Institute of Management (IIM-B) Bangalore website hacked The website of the Indian Institute of Management-Bangalore has been hijacked by hackers peddling erectile dysfunction products like Viagra. The website, www.iimb.ernet.in , has been out of service for at least ten days. Cached versions of its home page during the period show the IIM masthead is superceded by ads for purchasing Viagra online without prescriptions.

Pakrail.com database and user details hacked by angel 4k4 4d0r4b13  ! Hacked Database :  http://pastebin.com/y6WQ1Qrr

3 university websites database exploited by FR0664/FCA sci.nu.ac.th - Faculty Of Science - Naresuan University Thaïland http://pastebin.com/Yv8iuUPY frsr.utn.edu.ar - Universidad Tecnológica Nacional - Facultad Regional Santa Fe http://pastebin.com/pXLQYmMH eswap.ca - Where You Swap To Gain http://pastebin.com/RvNLzHYq