Ian Cheng reports: IT vendor Ezynetic has been fined $17,500 for failing to protect its clients’ data, which resulted in more than 190,000 individuals’ personal data being stolen and put for sale on the Dark Web. Ezynetic had failed to put in place reasonable security arrangements to protect the personal data in its possession or…
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Five youths arrested on suspicion of phishing
Dutch police report: Last week, the police arrested five young people on suspicion of phishing. On Tuesday 1 July, four minors aged 14 and 17 from Lelystad were arrested, and on Wednesday 2 July, a 21-year-old suspect from Lelystad was arrested. The police in Flevoland started an investigation some time ago after receiving reports of…
Russia Jailed Hacker Who Worked for Ukrainian Intelligence to Launch Cyberattacks on Critical Infrastructure
Tushar Subhra Dutta reports: Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) officers have detained two hackers in Siberia who conducted cyberattacks on critical infrastructure facilities under direct orders from Ukrainian intelligence services. The simultaneous arrests in the Kemerovo and Tomsk regions exposed a sophisticated cyber espionage network targeting Russia’s governmental, industrial, and financial information systems. The primary suspect, a…
Kentfield Hospital victim of cyberattack by World Leaks, patient data involved
While some of us were considering whether Hunters International was in the process of re-branding as World Leaks or not, World Leaks was busy adding a hospital to its leak site. Kentfield Hospital in California is a critical care hospital that specializes in treating patients with complex medical needs who require an extended period of…
India’s Max Financial says hacker accessed customer data from its insurance unit
Jagmeet Singh reports: Max Financial Services on Wednesday said its insurance subsidiary Axis Max Life Insurance received communication from an anonymous sender about unauthorized access to its customer data. Without disclosing specifics, the Noida-based financial services company said in its stock exchange filing that Axis Max Life Insurance subsequently initiated an information security assessment and data log…
Brazil’s central bank service provider hacked, $140M stolen
Do you need yet another reminder of the insider threat? Today’s example is from Brazil and involves an employee of a bank’s software vendor. CoinTelegraph reports: C&M Software, the service provider that connects Brazil’s Central Bank to local banks and other financial institutions, was hacked on Wednesday, leading to 800 million Brazilian reais ($140 million),…