Graham Cluley writes: 58-year-old Danielle Bulley may not look like your typical cybercriminal, but the act of revenge she committed against a company had just as much impact as a conventional hacker breaking into a business’s servers and causing havoc. As North Yorkshire police report, Bulley has been successfully prosecuted under the UK’s Computer Misuse Act…
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San Francisco Employees’ Retirement System Faces Lawsuit After Data Breach
Rebecca Picciotto reports: Since June 5, The San Francisco Employees’ Retirement System (SFERS) has been confronted with a class-action lawsuit claiming negligence due to a data hack from February. Righetti Glugoski, a law firm located in San Francisco, is representing the plaintiffs. The case was brought to the firm by San Francisco resident Richard Goss….
Just Eat customers’ details dumped in Cleveleys alley as data watchdog warns of GDPR breach
Rebecca Beardmore reports: Dozens of takeaway receipts showing customers’ personal addresses were dumped in a Cleveleys alleyway, sparking an investigation. The Just Eat tickets, which showed full names and addresses, were fly-tipped in the Beach Road alley. It sparked concern from local councillors and the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), which said it was a breach…
Oracle’s BlueKai tracks you across the web. That data spilled online
Zack Whittaker reports on a leak by Oracle’s BlueKai that exposed tons of consumer data. Oracle’s not saying what companies are to blame for the leak, but the leak was described as involving “billions of records.” TechCrunch reviewed the data and found names, home addresses, email addresses and other identifiable data in the database. The…
Statement by CasualX in response to “false statements” by vpnMentor
Their press release, in its entirety: TORONTO, June 18, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — CasualX, a leading hookup app clarified false statements in a recent report by vpnMentor’s research team. According to the report, CasualX is one of the affected apps in a data breach incident discovered by security researchers on May 24. The research was led by Noam Rotem and Ran Locar…
Cognizant reports the April ransomware attack to California
Lawrence Abrams reports: On April 17th, Cognizant began emailing their clients to warn them that they were under attack by the Maze Ransomware so that they could disconnect themselves from Cognizant and protect themselves from possibly being affected. This email also contained indicators of compromise that included IP addresses utilized by Maze and file hashes for the kepstl32.dll,…