Kyodo News reports: Waseda University said Monday it took about half a year before it discovered personal data on roughly 3,300 officials and students had leaked via cyberattacks. Tokyo-based Waseda, one of the top private universities in Japan, said the stolen data included the names, identification numbers, email addresses and other information pertaining to officials…
Month: June 2015
UK: 2015 Information security breaches survey
From PWC: We have been commissioned by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) to survey companies across the UK on cyber security incidents and emerging trends. This survey aimed to provide greater awareness amongst UK business of the risks, insights on how companies are mitigating those risks (or not) and key trends. The…
ALERT: NIST Issues Final Guidance on Federal Contractor Cybersecurity Standards for Controlled Unclassified Information
Alexander Major of Sheppard Mullin writes: On June 19, 2015, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) published the final version of guidance for federal agencies to ensure sensitive information remains confidential when stored outside of federal systems. The guidelines, Special Publication 800-171, Protecting Controlled Unclassified Information in Nonfederal Information Systems and Organizations, apply to…
Visas stolen in truck heist
The Saudi Press Agency reports: The U.S. Embassy in Mexico said Wednesday that a truck carrying visas was hijacked in Mexico and the visas stolen. According to a statement from the embassy, the theft occurred on June 7 “in northern Mexico.” Read more on SPA.
5 Facts: Petrosaudi Ex-Employee Justo Caught For 1MDB Info Leak
GreaterMalaysia.com reports: Police have arrested a Swiss national they claim leaked information of a Saudi-based energy company to a UK-based news website. Xavier Andre Justo, 49, was arrested at a house on Koh Samui on Monday. It was said to be part of a plot to discredit Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, Malaysian sources said yesterday….
Ca: Gov’t probing online leak of workers’ information
CTV reports: The federal government is investigating whether any of its employees were affected after the personal information of some federal, provincial and municipal government workers was leaked online. Intelligent Transportation Systems Society of Canada was the target of an attack, and some of the information in its databases was leaked online, the company’s developer…