On Friday, December 1, lawyers for an infosec researcher who has been in jail since April will argue that U.S. District Judge David C. Godbey should release Justin Shafer from jail while he awaits trial. For those who are not familiar with the case, Shafer, a dental integrator technician and independent infosecurity researcher, faces federal…
Month: November 2017
Dark Web Shops Are Leaking IPs Left and Right
If you’re not reading Catalin Cimpanu every day or following him on Twitter, you’re missing some good stuff. Here’s what he reported a few days ago: The takedown of three major Dark Web markets by law enforcement officials over the summer has driven many vendors of illegal products to set up their own shops that,…
AU: Sensitive ABC data exposed in leak
Nick Evans reports: Sensitive details of many of the ABC’s commercial customers have been exposed in a major data breach, according to a German IT security firm, potentially offering up a “trove of data” on its business activities. Kromtech Security Centre said yesterday ABC Commercial, the publicly funded broadcaster’s licensing, retail and publishing business, accidentally…
FEMA confirms identity theft claims after NBC2 investigation
Rachel Polansky reports: Dozens of Southwest Floridians are sick and tired of waiting for answers from FEMA after being hit by Hurricane Irma and then, identity thieves. A month after the NBC2 Investigators exposed a major scheme involving criminals stealing local identities to defraud the federal government, the NBC2 Investigators are finally getting answers from…
SG: School’s data breach spooks students
Jan Lee reports: Ex-students from Xinmin Secondary School received a shock yesterday when they found out that their alma mater had suffered a data breach. Several told The New Paper they received calls from their former school yesterday, informing them that their names and identity card numbers had been leaked on pastebin.com, self-described as “where…
Cn: Police detain 20 over personal information infringement
Oops. I missed this last week when Xinhua reported: Police in east China’s Wenzhou City, Zhejiang Province have seized 20 people suspected of stealing more than 300,000 pieces of personal information. The gang were found to have hacked into servers of over 50 airline company websites since 2016. The leaks included user IDs, passwords and…