Zack Whittaker reports: The website of the Saudi government’s upcoming Future Investment Initiative conference was hacked and defaced with images of the murdered Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Several reporters tweeted screenshots of the site after its defacement, purporting to show Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman — the kingdom’s de facto ruler — brandishing a sword….
Month: October 2018
TX: Statement and Frequently Asked Questions about the 2018 ERS OnLine Security Incident
From the Employees Retirement System of Texas, this breach information notice. Note that this was reported to HHS with ERS listed as a health plan, and the breach was reported as affecting 1,248,263 members, but also note that no medical or health information was reportedly involved. On August 17, 2018, the Employees Retirement System of…
Work Study Documents Accidentally Released to College Community
Saadya Chevan reports: Last April, the College’s Financial Aid office uploaded and accidentally made visible to students, faculty, and staff two confidential documents containing federal work-study (FWS) balances of 107 students from two Spring 2018 pay-periods. The documents also reveal by implication that all of these students had applied for and received financial aid awards…
Paytm data theft case: Founder Vijay Shekhar’s kin says stolen data includes ‘photos, financial details’
Priyanka Saha reports: An extortion bid and a threat to leak out “some photos and personal financial details” have led to the arrest of Sonia Dhawan, a long-time secretary of Vijay Shekhar Sharma and the vice president, corporate communications of online payments firm Paytm. Others arrested are her husband Rupak Jain and an admin person…
Bombardier takes Mitsubishi to court, accuses it of ‘data’ theft
The Asahi Shimbun reports: The beleaguered manufacturer of the Mitsubishi Regional Jet is being sued by Canada’s Bombardier Inc. on grounds it unlawfully obtained trade secrets. Montreal-based Bombardier filed a lawsuit Oct. 19 at the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington state in Seattle against Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp., claiming the company unlawfully…
Trade.io Suffers a Rare Cold Wallet Hack as it Loses $7.8 Million U.S. Dollars
Nilesh Maurya reports: Unfortunately, hacks have been pretty common with cryptocurrency exchanges across the globe. But what Trade.io, a lesser-known Switzerland-based cryptocurrency platform, suffered was a rare attack as it affected the exchanges cold wallet. According to the post released on the exchanges Medium blog, the exchange’s security team was alerted to a suspicious transaction…