Hackers vow 'hellfire' in latest major data leak

[security curmudgeon <jericho () attrition org>]

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-57501931-83/hackers-vow-hellfire-in-latest-major-data-leak/

Hackers vow 'hellfire' in latest major data leak

Team GhostShell says it published one million records, allegedly from 
banks, government agencies, consulting firms and others -- and claims 
there's more to come.

by Elinor Mills
August 28, 2012

  A group of hackers has released a vast quantity of data from banks, 
government agencies, consulting firms and many others and promised more 
data leaks in the future.

"Team GhostShell's final form of protest this summer against the banks, 
politicians and for all the fallen hackers this year," the group, which 
calls itself -- you guessed it -- "Team GhostShell," wrote in a Pastebin 
post titled "Project HellFire" this weekend. "With the help of it's [sic] 
sub-divisions, MidasBank & the newest branch, OphiusLab. One million 
accounts/records leaked. We are also letting everyone know that more 
releases, collaborations with Anonymous and other, plus two more projects 
are still scheduled for this fall and winter. It's only the beginning."

It's unclear how much data was published from how many organizations, but 
security firm Imperva analyzed the data and said some of the breached 
databases contain more than 30,000 records.

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