Zelda Venter reports: A Gautrain technician has been sentenced to 10 years imprisonment for the unlawful installation of spyware to desktop and laptop computers at the Gautrain Management Agency in Midrand. Information technology technician Obakeng Israel Busang, contracted to Gautrain, was sentenced in the Johannesburg Specialised Commercial Crimes Court following a guilty plea. Read more…
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Mass consumer arbitration is on! Ed tech company hit with 15,000 data breach claims
Alison Frankel reports: A small Baltimore law firm has filed 15,107 demands for arbitration at the American Arbitration Association on behalf of consumers who allege they were affected by a 2018 data breach at the education technology company Chegg. The arbitration demands follow an April 27 ruling from U.S. District Judge Richard Bennett of Baltimore that customers must arbitrate their claims…
Aeries Student Information System discloses breach (with updates)
Aeries Software recently announced a data breach. I didn’t see it, but a reader kindly stuck it under my cybernose today so that I could share it with you. The software firm’s notice of April 27 applies to hosted customers of their Aeries Student Information System. From their notice: What Happened? In late November 2019,…
HEPACO, LLC Provides Notice Of Data Privacy Incident in 2019
The following is a press release: Although unaware of any actual or attempted misuse, HEPACO, LLC (“HEPACO”) is providing notice of a data privacy event impacting the security of information relating to certain current and former employees and clients. What Happened? On August 20, 2019, HEPACO became aware of suspicious activity relating to certain employee email…
Digital Ocean says it exposed customer data after it left an internal document online
Catalin Cimpanu reported this on May 8: Web hosting provider Digital Ocean is currently in the process of notifying some customers about a security lapse that exposed some of their account details. According to an email the company is currently sending out, the security leak occurred due to an internal Digital Ocean document that was…
Package delivery giant Pitney Bowes confirms second ransomware attack in 7 months
Catalin Cimpanu reports: Package and mail delivery giant Pitney Bowes has suffered a second ransomware attack in the past seven months, ZDNet has learned. The incident came to light today after a ransomware gang known as Maze published a blog post claiming to have breached and encrypted the company’s network. The Maze crew provided proof…