Naomi Ng reports: Hong Kong’s Development Bureau is seeking legal advice on whether a government-commissioned consultancy illegally leaked official data to a private developer involved in a housing development at Wang Chau in Yuen Long. The planned private development is next to a site set aside for a controversial public housing project. The revelation comes…
Month: November 2016
SF MUNI hacker gets hacked
What goes around…. Brian Krebs reports: The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) was hit with a ransomware attack on Friday, causing fare station terminals to carry the message, “You Hacked. ALL Data Encrypted.” Turns out, the miscreant behind this extortion attempt got hacked himself this past weekend, revealing details about other victims as well as tantalizing clues about his…
SF MUNI hacker lashes out, threatens to release 30GBs of compromised data
Steve Ragan reports: The person claiming responsibility for the attack on San Francisco’s MUNI says the SFMTA has lax security, and warns that if the ransom isn’t paid, they’ll release 30GB of compromised data. The demands follow a weekend of headaches for SFMTA, after MUNI was targeted shortly before the Thanksgiving holiday, resulting in systems…
Data Breach Notification In the EU: A Comparison of US and Soon-To-Be EU Law
David A. Zetoony, Joshua A. James, Jena M. Valdetero, and Christopher M. Achatz of Bryan Cave provide an overview of significant differences between U.S. breach notification laws and the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”). Here’s a snippet from their analysis: That said, there are several significant differences including: Type of Information Governed. Data breach notification laws in the United States apply…
Deutsche Telekom warns cyber attack hit up to 900,000 customers
Guy Chazan reports: Deutsche Telekom is investigating whether a cyber attack was responsible for causing network problems for as many as 900,000 customers over the weekend. If confirmed, it would be the first major cyber attack on the German telecoms group, highlighting the vulnerability of big corporations to such security breaches. In a statement, Deutsche Telekom said it…
UK: Borough council probed in potential mass data breach
PSE reports: A Nottinghamshire borough council has been investigated by police after it was potentially the site of a mass breach of data protection laws. Police were notified in September after a confidential email sent to Broxtowe Borough Council which made allegations about a member of staff’s conduct was sent to all 730 staff. Police…