Overnight, I received a response from the INE with answers to some questions I had posed to them about a massive database leak of Mexican voter data. The leak had been discovered by MacKeeper researcher Chris Vickery. Let’s begin with the government’s press release: INTERPONE INE DENUNCIA POR USO INDEBIDO DE LA LISTA NOMINAL DE…
Month: April 2016
Meanwhile, back at the phishing for W-2 department…
After 24 days of updating my scratch list of incidents involving phishing for W-2 information (business email compromise), I decided to take stock and try to organize what we have so far. I was surprised to see that there were already 90 incidents (make that 126 as of May 18th). Most of these entries were found…
Ca: Student hacks Thames Valley District
Jennifer O’Brien reports: Police and school board officials are investigating after a student hacked into a file containing private information — including names and addresses — of peers at South secondary school. The breach occurred April 14, said Marion Moynihan, superintendent of student achievement, information technology services for Thames Valley District school board. “A student created…
Toronto firm files statement of claim against province seeking $75 million over data leak
Is Canada getting more litigious on data breach lawsuits? Has anyone compiled any stats over the past five years? Vito Pilieci reports: A Toronto law firm has filed a statement of claim in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice as a placeholder for a possible $75 million class-action lawsuit against the province. The filing, which…
UK: Worker stole customers’ personal details from Tesco database
STV provides an update to a previously noted breach. A Tesco worker stole customers’ personal details from the supermarket giant’s database. Thomas Wengierow admitted a charge under the Data Protection Act committed when he worked at the Tesco Customer Services call centre in Baird Avenue, Dundee. Read more on STV.
FIN6 Group Stole Tens of Millions of Credit Card Records from PoS Systems
Catalin Cimpanu reports: Yesterday, security researchers from FireEye and iSight Partner revealed a report detailing the previously unknown mode of operation of a criminal group named FIN6. FireEye says the group surfaced in 2015 and focused only on the theft of financial information, mainly credit card data from organizations in the retail and hospitality sectors….