Greek City Times reports: The largest mobile network operator in Greece, Cosmote, revealed that thousands of customers’ information was accessed during a cyber attack that occurred between September 1-5. The breach took place through a third country, most likely from Lithuania. The concerned file “contained elements of information, without names/surnames, on the calls made or…
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British Airways Fined $26 Million in U.K. Probe Over 2018 Data Attack
British Airways has been fined £20m (U.S. $26 million) by the U.K.’s Information Commissioner’s Office for a 2018 breach that impacted more than 400,000 customers. That penalty is significantly less than what the ICO had indicated it intended to do. In a press statement accompanying the monetary penalty notice, the ICO stated: An ICO investigation…
Florida Resident Sentenced To 2 Years Probation after Previously Pleading Guilty To Accessing a Protected Computer without Authorization and Recklessly Causing Damage
NEW ORLEANS – U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that CARLOS DAVID IRIAS, age 47, a resident of Cutler Bay, Florida, was sentenced to two (2) years probation by United States District Judge Eldon E. Fallon after previously pleading guilty to a one-count bill of information charging him with intentionally accessing a protected computer without authorization…
Twitter hackers trick employees by posing as IT workers, NY probe finds
Noah Manskar reports: A simple phone scam was the key first step in a Twitter hack that took over dozens of high-profile accounts this summer, New York regulators say. The hackers responsible for the July 15 attack called Twitter employees posing as company IT workers and tricked them into giving up their login credentials for the social network’s internal tools, the state’s Department of…
Barnes & Noble hit by cyberattack that exposed customer data
Lawrence Abrams reports: U.S. Bookstore giant Barnes & Noble has disclosed that they were victims of a cyberattack that may have exposed customers’ data. […] In an email sent to customers late Wednesday night and seen by BleepingComputer, Barnes & Noble has disclosed that they suffered a cyberattack on October 10th, 2020. As part of…
Online proctor service ProctorTrack disables service after hack
Lawrence Abrams reports: With many schools and colleges performing remote learning, including tests, online proctoring services are increasingly being used to prevent students from cheating. ProctorTrack is one such solution by Verificient that is used by numerous universities, including Rutgers, University of Western Ontario, Ohio University, Illinois State University, Purdue University, and MIT. Starting yesterday, students began receiving…