Large Telecommunications Company Appears to have been Breached

SLC Security researchers have located information indicating that a large telecommunications company servicing Government clients has had a database compromised. We are in the process of notifying the affected company and will wait our standard 7 days until we release the information that we have located.

Notifications Sent: 8-11-2015

After farther review it appears as though the information found may also impact a large Government contractor. Additional research is currently being performed but it appears as though the leaked information is confirmed based on OSINT research that was conducted earlier.

Related Article: http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/isis-terror/isis-group-claims-have-hacked-information-military-personnel-n408236

8-12-2015: As of 8-12-2015 none of the notified entities have responded to our notification. We will wait 6 more days before posting the entities involved giving them time to perform remediation on any issues they may have discovered as part of this incident. 

8-19-2015: None of the notified entities have responded. SLC Security Services LLC has posted information concerning the release of proprietary information from Zayo concerning facilities in Northern Virginia. to our Threat Intelligence Platform. 

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Drones Being Used to Smuggle Drugs Over the Border

It goes without saying that Drones provide a unique way to take photographs, explore hard to reach areas and in this case to smuggle drugs across the US/Mexico border. Border Patrol has indicated that they are seeing increased instances of the use of drones to carry packages of drugs from Mexico into the US. There have been 3 separate news articles in the past week on the topic as well as some discussion in Government circles on how to combat the problem.

Drones have been used to smuggle phones, tobacco, drugs and weapons into prison courtyards in the past and are frequently used to carry out wireless attacks by moving devices into target areas for interception purposes.

The FAA has begun issuing licenses to licensed pilots to be allowed to operate drones for hire (highly restricted). It is thought that the rules on drone use will be relaxed at some point in 2015.

We are following this topic with interest.

BREACH: B.C. gov't tries to notify some 15000 people after data base breach via OSINT-X Newswires

The B.C. government is trying to notify about 15,000 people whose personal information has been illegally accessed because of a data breach on a Ministry of Forests’ website and associated databases.

The ministry said names, contact information, birth dates, drivers’ licence numbers and job evaluation information of firefighters who applied to work on wildfire crews may have been compromised.

A ministry news release said data about applicants’ aboriginal, minority or disabled status may have also been viewed when the information was accessed by an unauthorized user on Sept. 24.

The ministry said public website access was shut down as soon as the breach was discovered and the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner was notified.

The government said it is offering free credit protection services to people who have been affected.
However, it said some of the database records are up to 10 years old and contacting everyone involved in a timely manner may be difficult.

Type: PII
Area: Government
First Noted: 15 Oct 2014
Location: B.C Canada
Total Records: 15000+ 
Status: Not Monitoring for Follow Up (Not a client of SLC Security Services LLC)