Badges - Re: PORAC'S WEBSITE HACKED
- From: "CarlGlas" <CarlGlas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <badges@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2011 05:19:56 -0500
And, for those of you who are wondering what in the hell Porac is, well,
it's a small village in Spis County, Slovakia.
http://www.iarelative.com/porac.htm
Okay, so it is, but that's not what CD's talking about. What CD is talking
about you would know if you are a member of the Police Officers Research
Association of California.. And, RAM while an acronym for Random Access
Memory, also is an acronym for Retired Associate Members.
----- Original Message -----
From: "C D Rowsell" <cd2u@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <badges@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, April 29, 2011 2:07 AM
Subject: Badges - PORAC'S WEBSITE HACKED
> From a letter from PORAC
>
> PORAC's website was attacked beginning in early April by hackers from an
> internet address in Malaysia, followed by attacks from addresses in Egypt
> and the Republic of Mauritius. The hackers gained access to our database
> of
> RAM online applications. The database contains online applications going
> back to December 2008, including yours. Your application contained the
> information you provided in your online application, including your
> retirement date, name, date of birth, address and phone number, email
> address, PORAC membership number, prior Association name and Social
> Security
> number. Although many of the applications contained credit card
> information,
> yours did not. Based on our investigation, it appears that the breach was
> limited to RAM applications and we have no reason to believe that other
> PORAC members were affected.
>
> Anyone on the list a member of RAM take note.
>
> Even though they have no reason to believe other PORAC members were
> affected, if you are in PORAC, it is something to watch. Personally, I
> have
> frozen all my Credit Bureau reports period. If I need to apply for
> something
> for credit purposes, I can ask them which one they want to use and
> unfreeze
> it for them. Then put the freeze right back on. My opinion of Credit
> Bureau's isn't too high on my list of well run companies from the jump to
> begin with.
> So, my advice (and this is from someone who is a retired LEO and an
> assembly
> language computer person too) lock EVERYTHING down. How often are you
> applying for credit anyway?
>
> CD
>
>
> The Badges Law Enforcement Discussion Group - Est. 1997
>
The Badges Law Enforcement Discussion Group - Est. 1997
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