Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation has disclosed an insider breach involving the sensitive, personally identifiable information (PII) of active employees as of March 29, 2021. According to their notification, a copy of which was submitted to the Montana Attorney General’s Office, Booz Allen recently learned that while employed by Booz Allen, a former employee obtained…
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UK: Hacked evidence and stolen data swamp English courts
Franz Wild, Ed Siddons, Simon Lock, Jonathan Calvert, and George Arbuthnott report: A multimillion-pound high court case between an authoritarian Gulf emirate and an Iranian-American businessman has revealed how hacked evidence is being used by leading law firms to advance their clients’ claims. It includes allegations that a former Metropolitan Police officer hired Indian hackers…
Hu: EdTech firm eKRÉTA that stores personal info of students breached by hacking group
As seen on Catalin Cimpanu’s RiskyBiz News: Major breach in Hungary: A hacking group named Sawarim has breached eKRÉTA, the company behind a school management platform widely deployed across Hungary. The platform is believed to store the personal details of more than 720,000 Hungarian students, aged between 6 and 18 years. While the hackers told a local…
Kraken CSO claims to Identify the Hacker Who Stole $600 Million From FTX
Delma Wilson reports on the dramatic developments in the cryptocurrency market after FTX announced a massive theft, FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried declared bankruptcy, and resigned. Satoshi Stacker tweeted that Kraken should be able to track down the thief/hacker because they had used Kraken to offload the stolen funds throughout the hack: BREAKING: The FTX ”Hacker”…
World Cup apps pose a data security and privacy nightmare
Jessica Lyons Hardcastle reports: With mandated spyware downloads to tens of thousands of surveillance cameras equipped with facial-recognition technology, the World Cup in Qatar next month is looking more like a data security and privacy nightmare than a celebration of the beautiful game. Football fans and others visiting Qatar must download two apps: Ehteraz, a Covid-19…
Los Angeles prosecutors drop charges against Konnech CEO Eugene Yu, accused of overseeing ‘largest data breach in United States history’
Joseph Mackinnon reports: In an abrupt and hushed post-election reversal on Wednesday, the Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office (DAO) dropped all charges against Eugene Yu, citing “potential bias” in the investigation. A Los Angeles Superior Court judge granted the dismissal per the DAO’s request. Yu, a 64-year-old Chinese national, is the CEO of the Michigan-based…