Alex Lennane reports: The chief executive of ECU Worldwide has confirmed the company’s systems have been affected by a “cyber incident”. In a note to customers, Tim Tudor wrote: “Our online systems have been temporarily unavailable due to a cyber incident. “As a precautionary measure we have taken our systems offline. This includes emails. “Our…
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Bannock County, Idaho – Notice of Data Security Event
February 11, 2021 – Bannock County, Idaho (“Bannock County”) is providing notice of a data privacy event related to certain individuals associated with Bannock County. Bannock County takes this event seriously and is providing information about the event and steps individuals may take to help protect impacted individuals’ personal information, should they feel it is…
WeChat Data Leak Leads To Arrest Of Tencent Executive Zhang Feng
Cullen Paradis reports: Zhang Feng, an executive at China’s most valuable public company Tencent Holdings, has been detained by authorities in connection to a data leak and corruption scandal. According to the Wall Street Journal, Zhang is accused of sending user data from the messaging app juggernaut WeChat to Sun Lijun, the former vice public security minister now…
Made in India Koo app denies claims of data leak, talks about Chinese connection
Sneha Saha reports: Koo app or the so-called Indian alternative of Twitter is gaining wide popularity in the country as the battle between the Indian government and the microblogging site continues. The social media app has been downloaded by over three million Android users already, which is a big number for a Made in India…
Employee Confidentiality and Data Theft: Recent UK Developments
Christopher Walter, Helena Milner-Smith, Louise Freeman, Dan Cooper, Mark Young, and Mark Welch of Covington and Burling write, in part: Unauthorized Access to Personal Data was an Offence under the Computer Misuse Act The ICO recently published details of its prosecution of a motor industry employee who, during her employment, compiled and transferred road traffic…
Alabama man charged in large-scale SIM swapping scheme that targeted Manhattan residents, hundreds more
Molly Crane-Newman reports: An Alabama man accused of stealing more than $150,000 in cryptocurrency through a large-scale SIM swapping scheme that targeted Manhattan residents was hit with a host of charges on Wednesday. Joseph Chase Oaks, 22, faces grand larceny, identity theft, computer trespass, computer tampering, scheme to defraud, and other related charges for his…