Hackers Expose Illegal Immigrants, Assault Turkish Voters and Shop Black Friday Sales

In case you missed our coverage this week in ThreatWatch, Nextgov’s regularly updated index of cyber breaches:

• Attackers grab Washington Post employee IDs from corporate servers

The hackers gained access to employee user names and passwords, in at least the third intrusion during the past three years.

• 54 million Turkish citizens victimized by Russian identity thieves

Russian attackers were able to snatch ID data on 54 Turkish million citizens because Turkey’s political parties and its Supreme Election Committee shared voters’ personal information insecurely.

• Target offered hackers Black Friday sale

In-store customers’ credit and debit card data was stolen over the key holiday shopping weekend. The assault hit stores nationwide.

• UK dumps data on 1,600 illegal immigrants online

In a security gaffe, the British Home Office website made available for two weeks undocumented individuals’ names and birthdates, as well as immigration case type and status.

• Brazilian banking giant’s app bares customer data

On Dec. 9, Banco do Brasil clients who conducted mobile banking through iOS and Android apps could see information such as balance and statements from other, random account holders.

ThreatWatch is a regularly updated catalog of data breaches successfully striking every sector of the globe, as reported by journalists, researchers and the victims themselves.

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