Snippets of security breaches around the world

in 30 seconds since Japan site seeing…

• 1.4 Gig of personal identifier numbers and other sensitive data of 10 millions of Turkey citizens were upload to the web…pointing to the Turkish government as the source for the unencrypted data.  Any references to it being related to a prior 2010 breach, Americans or comments related to the presidential candidate / Trump, etc. but authenticity being still being investigated.
• The Philippines election website was hacked just before the general election
• A former employee of the FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation) inadvertently downloaded information that caused a cyber breach of 44,000 customer records.  This is coming of the heals of a 22 million personal records exposed last summer due to an hack on the Office of Personnel Management database.
• Indianapolis’ Decatur Township robbery lead administrators to quickly disable a teacher’s key fab when his home was burglarized in the early morning hours of April 11th (which would have allowed access to the school and other sensitive school areas such as server rooms and student records). The stolen computer and iPad was not issued by the school and no information regarding it’s data content has been reported.
• Water treatment plant said to have been infiltrated by a Syria related hacktivist group using SQL injection and phishing techniques resulting in control of regulated values and ducts for the flow of water and chemicals that could directly affect 2.5 million customers
• A Delhi Metro security breach which included a stabbing is leading to further dispute about who should be in charge of security, Delhi police vs. Central Industrial Security Force.  Apparently, repeat incidents over the years has once again raise the topic/urgency.
• National Childbirth Trust (NCT) website was breach leading to compromise of email addresses, usernames and passwords (but claimed no financial or personal data exposed).  The Charity organizations bring together networks of local parents with other parents for relationship developments, emotional support, etc.  Based in London, it has branches in Scotland and other bordering counties.
• Trump hotels looking into credit card data hack due to suspected fraudulent activities related to New York, Toronto, Honolulu hotel locations.