Jessica Lyons Hardcastle reports: Microsoft believes the gang who boasted it had stolen and leaked more than 200,000 Charlie Hebdo subscribers’ personal information is none other than a Tehran-backed gang. On Friday, Redmond’s Digital Threat Analysis Center (DTAC) attributed the cyber-heist to Iran’s Neptunium, which the US Department of Justice tracks as Emennet Pasargad. The…
Category: Business Sector
Edward Jones Sues To Stop Fired Advisor From Taking ‘Five-Star’ Clients
Jacqueline Sergeant reports: Edward Jones is seeking a temporary restraining order and injunctive relief in federal court against a former financial advisor who the company alleged stole confidential and trade secret information of “five-star” clients prior to his termination. The complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois on January…
Hackers who breached ION say ransom paid; company declines comment
Raphael Satter reports: The hackers who claimed responsibility for a disruptive breach at financial data firm ION say a ransom has been paid, although they declined to say how much it was or offer any evidence that the money had been handed over. ION Group declined to comment on the statement. Lockbit communicated the claim…
TruthFinder, Instant Checkmate confirm data breach affecting 20M customers
Lawrence Abrams reports: PeopleConnect, the owners of the TruthFinder and Instant Checkmate background check services, confirmed they suffered a data breach after hackers leaked a 2019 backup database containing the info of millions of customers. TruthFinder and Instant Checkmate are subscription-based services allowing customers to perform background checks on other people. When conducting background checks,…
Bits ‘n Pieces (Trozos y Piezas)
EC: Seguros Equinoccial S.A data keaked by Vice Society On January 28, data allegedly from Seguros Equinoccial S.A. was added to Vice Society’s leak site. Seguros Equinoccial offers various kinds of life, auto, corporate, and other insurance plans to individuals, families, and businesses. Inspection of the leaked data revealed a folder called “bck” with 25…
UK: Former employee of Royal Automobile Club prosecuted for data protection violations
A prosecution reported by the Information Commissioner’s Office involving insider wrong-doing: A former employee of the RAC has been prosecuted for obtaining the personal data of individuals involves in road traffic collisions after 21 drivers were harassed by claims companies. Asif Iqbal Khan, 42, was fined £5,000, ordered to pay court costs of £937.40 and…