Beth Abbit reports: Rape complainants’ confidential details were exposed by a cache of lawyers’ files dumped in a bin and found by a passer-by. Graphic accounts of alleged attacks – and the names of alleged victims and the accused – were among a stash of papers left in a dumpster by a canal in Ancoats….
Category: Business Sector
UK: Oxford and Cambridge Club hit by data breach after backup drive with members’ info stolen
Incredibly, they keep reporting this as “online data theft.” The theft of data that you intend to post online is not online data theft when it was your backup drive that was stolen from your brick and mortar headquarters. PTI reports: The Oxford and Cambridge Club, one of the United Kingdom’s most elite gentlemen’s clubs…
Canadian charged in Yahoo hacking case to plead guilty in U.S.
Nate Raymond reports: A Canadian accused by the United States of helping Russian intelligence agents break into email accounts as part of a massive 2014 breach of Yahoo accounts is expected to plead guilty next week, according to court records. Karim Baratov, who earlier this year waived his right to fight a U.S. request for…
Imgur Notice of Data Breach
Admirably fast response to notification by Imgur: Dear Imgurians, On November 23, Imgur was notified of a potential security breach that occurred in 2014 that affected the email addresses and passwords of 1.7 million user accounts. While we are still actively investigating the intrusion, we wanted to inform you as quickly as possible as to…
Czech high court says alleged Russian hacker can be extradited to United States
Jan Lopatka reports: The Prague High Court ruled on Friday that Russian citizen Yevgeniy Nikulin can be extradited to the United States where he is accused of hacking social networks including LinkedIn, a court spokeswoman said. Czech police arrested Yevgeniy Nikulin in Prague in October 2016 in cooperation with the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation….
Uber Concealed Cyberattack That Exposed 57 Million People’s Data
Eric Newcomer reports: Hackers stole the personal data of 57 million customers and drivers from Uber Technologies Inc., a massive breach that the company concealed for more than a year. This week, the ride-hailing company ousted Joe Sullivan, chief security officer, and one of his deputies for their roles in keeping the hack under wraps….