90,000 Military Email Accounts Leaked!

In the AntiSec Movement (Anti Security) going on Anonymous has taken and leaked 90,000 military email accounts from Booz Allen Hamilton which is a security firm. Anonymous classified this as 

"Military Meltdown Monday: Mangling Booz Allen Hamilton". 

  A anouncement posted on Twitter by @AnonymousIRC


The leak itself include 90,000 login accounts for military personnel; including personnel from US CENTCOM, SOCOM, Marine Corps, Air Force, Homeland Security, State Department staff, and what looks like private sector contractors. This does in fact compromise some members of these departments but I do understand why this would happen; to be a security contractor and work in the IT department and have only the basic security on your network should show that people shouldn't put trust into these companies and if your working for the military this shows how easy it really is. Just because people have badges and high egos they think they can secure the internet, there network, and try and charge people for actually battling for their rights this is why I agree with the movement, but to stay professional I would also like to state that if the government personnel don't to be compromised or there information then it's best to actual secure the data and not leave it to some contractor actually put a group to test these sites and your own data.
 
The release by anonymous was via Torrent of 130.5 MB archive file.

DISec News

As most people would know there is a trend going on called the "ANTI-Sec Movement" which I am neither against or for simply for the reason some companies do deserve to get slammed with security breaches and show the customers how easy it truly is to get there lives taken from them simply by... you guest it "Trusting a Corporation."

Does anyone remember the days people wanted the 'Mom and Pop Shops' and no one trusted the corporations? I don't know what happen but I do miss those days, But with people actually "trusting" these big corporations all the independent 'Mom & Pop Shops' lose out and are forced to either sell or shutdown.

But the reason why I also disagree with the new movement is some of these websites that can't truly afford an IT Staff and is more like a low market will still get plucked and yes I understand that it's to prove a point but people are also at risk of getting there identity taken away from them; most people in this movement are actually not leaking most of the user database, it still will show up though so you always must take the precautions when playing in the digital world.

Massachusetts data breaches touch five million residents

Data breaches have affected five million residents of Massachusetts since October 2007, when the state’s strict data breach law was enacted, according to Barbara Anthony, head of the Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation.

Anthony told the Boston Herald newspaper that the state has received around 2,200 data breach notification letters from companies and agencies reporting lost or stolen personal information since the law was enacted, affecting around five million state residents.
“We get about 50 [letters] a month. Our reporting law is very stringent. Even if it’s one credit card that’s been lost, the company has to report it to us”, Anthony told the newspaper.
Data breaches in the state range from the relatively innocuous to major events, as illustrated by two incidents in May of this year.
Belmont Savings Bank reported that a back-up computer tape containing the personal information of 13,380 customers accidentally fell in the trash, but it was determined that the tape was incinerated “in the ordinary course” of disposal.
The state's Executive Office of Labor and Workforce announced a virus had infected 1,500 computers at the agency’s offices and career centers, putting as many as 210,000 unemployed residents’ data at risk.
The Massachusetts Attorney General’s office investigates serious data breaches, while Anthony’s office compiles data breach reports and educates consumers and businesses about security risks.
“If you’re storing a lot of sensitive information, you need to take very strong steps to secure that information. If you don’t, and you have a breach, there are going to be problems”, Anthony concluded.