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Cathay Pacific flags data breach affecting 9.4 million passengers

Posted on October 24, 2018 by Dissent

Reuters reports: Cathay Pacific Airways said on Wednesday (Oct 24) that data of about 9.4 million passengers of Cathay and its unit Hong Kong Dragon Airlines had been accessed without authorisation. Cathay said 860,000 passport numbers, about 245,000 Hong Kong identity card numbers, 403 expired credit card numbers and 27 credit card numbers with no…

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Update: TIO Networks notifies consumers of breach going back to 2014 or earlier

Posted on October 24, 2018 by Dissent

TIO Networks USA was acquired by PayPal in July, 2017. Months later, they reported, services were suspended after discovery of vulnerabilities. Investigation into those vulnerabilities resulted in TIO having to report that it had been hacked by 2014 and possibly earlier. According to information provided in December, 2017, 1.6 million consumers were affected. From their…

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ZA: Internet Solutions warns of security breach

Posted on October 23, 2018 by Dissent

Jan Vermeulen reports: Internet Solutions (IS) has confirmed that its internal monitoring systems have detected “irregular activity” on some of its virtual services. This comes after the company sent a notice to clients to warn them about a breach – and urged them to change their passwords and take additional steps to secure their servers….

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$50 million settlement in Yahoo security breach

Posted on October 23, 2018 by Dissent

Michael Liedtke reports: Yahoo has agreed to pay $50 million in damages and provide two years of free credit-monitoring services to 200 million people whose email addresses and other personal information were stolen as part of the biggest security breach in history. The restitution hinges on federal court approval of a settlement filed late Monday…

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Saudi Arabia’s ‘Davos in the Desert’ website was hacked and defaced

Posted on October 23, 2018 by Dissent

Zack Whittaker reports: The website of the Saudi government’s upcoming Future Investment Initiative conference was hacked and defaced with images of the murdered Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Several reporters tweeted screenshots of the site after its defacement, purporting to show Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman — the kingdom’s de facto ruler — brandishing a sword….

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Paytm data theft case: Founder Vijay Shekhar’s kin says stolen data includes ‘photos, financial details’

Posted on October 23, 2018 by Dissent

Priyanka Saha reports: An extortion bid and a threat to leak out “some photos and personal financial details” have led to the arrest of Sonia Dhawan, a long-time secretary of Vijay Shekhar Sharma and the vice president, corporate communications of online payments firm Paytm. Others arrested are her husband Rupak Jain and an admin person…

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