Leaked Nintendo documents have revealed a frightening surveillance operation carried out against a hacker who was researching exploits for the 3DS handheld. In addition to monitoring his private life, including aspects of his education, when he left the house and where he went, the company followed its target from his place of work in order…
Category: Business Sector
CT: Attorney General Tong Resolves Data Breach Investigation of Sabre Hospitality Solutions
(Hartford, CT) – Attorney General Tong, along with the attorneys general of 27 states, has entered into a settlement with Sabre Corp. that resolves an investigation into the 2017 data breach of Sabre Hospitality Solutions’ hotel booking system. The breach exposed the data of approximately 1.3 million credit cards. The settlement requires a payment of…
De: Funke Media Group victim of cyberattack; widespread impact
NRZ reports (translation): The FUNKE media group, to which this website belongs, was the victim of a hacker attack on Tuesday. Numerous computer systems throughout Germany were affected – including our editorial offices and printing houses. The newspapers of the FUNKE media group can unfortunately only appear with an emergency issue on Wednesday. To ensure that all…
SolarWinds Adviser Warned of Lax Security Years Before Hack
There will be those who say that this is not the time to look back at mistakes made, or this is not the time to point fingers while we are still in the midst of understanding the scope of a major attack and what needs to be done, but …. yes, this piece by Ryan…
Twitter Fine: a View into the Consistency Mechanism, and “Constructive Awareness” of Breaches
Mark Young, Shona O’Donovan and Paul Maynard of Covington & Burling writes about the recent news-making fine the DPC issued to Twitter. They write, in part: Process aside, the DPC’s decision contains some interesting points on when a controller is deemed to be “aware” of a personal data breach for the purpose of notifying a…
Trucking giant Forward Air hit by new Hades ransomware gang
Lawrence Abrams reports: Trucking and freight logistics company Forward Air has suffered a ransomware attack by a new ransomware gang that has impacted the company’s business operations. […] Sources have told BleepingComputer today that Forward Air suffered a cyberattack by a new ransomware operation known as Hades. The Hades ransomware gang began attacking victims about…