MIX reports: Fledgling cryptocurrency startup Sentinel Chain, which promised to “unlock the economic potential” of the poor, launched its initial coin offering (ICO) earlier this week, but it missed one thing: a critical vulnerability that made it possible to scrape its users’ personal data, including their emails and passport images. Shortly after kicking off its…
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Personal data of 500,000 Nova Poshta clients allegedly leaked to dark web
Kostiantyn Tsentsura reports: The largest private delivery company in Ukraine, Nova Poshta, has been accused of leaking the personal information of hundreds of thousands of its users to the dark web. […] According to Papyshev, the seller is offering two databases: the first has 500,000 records of clients, with their full names, phone numbers, city…
PKR man to sue MCMC over massive telco data leak affecting 46.2 million
Malaysiakini reports that a lawsuit is being filed over a massive breach in 2014 that affected 46.2 million and was first disclosed in 2017: The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) is set to face a civil suit from PKR communications director Fahmi Fadzil over the 2014 data leak of the personal information of more than…
Swisscom data breach: Personal details of one in ten Swiss citizens stolen
Jason Murdock reports: A Swiss mobile phone operator has admitted its data systems were breached late last year and the contact details of about 800,000 customers were compromised. Swisscom said on Wednesday (7 February) that the names, addresses, telephone numbers and dates of birth of customers were accessed by an unknown party, which got the…
Latvian National Pleads Guilty to “Scareware” Hacking Scheme That Targeted Minneapolis Star Tribune Website
A Latvian man pleaded guilty today in Minneapolis for participating in a lucrative “scareware” hacking scheme that targeted visitors to the Minneapolis Star Tribune’s website. Acting Assistant Attorney General John P. Cronan of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Gregory G. Brooker of the District of Minnesota and Special Agent in Charge Richard T….
Uber says hackers behind 2016 data breach were in Canada, Florida
Dustin Volz reports: The two people who hacked ride-hailing firm Uber’s data in 2016 were in Canada and Florida at the time, a company security executive told a U.S. congressional committee on Tuesday. But I love this line in his testimony: “We made a misstep in not reporting to consumers, and we made a misstep…