February 11, 2021 – Bannock County, Idaho (“Bannock County”) is providing notice of a data privacy event related to certain individuals associated with Bannock County. Bannock County takes this event seriously and is providing information about the event and steps individuals may take to help protect impacted individuals’ personal information, should they feel it is…
Category: Hack
Alabama man charged in large-scale SIM swapping scheme that targeted Manhattan residents, hundreds more
Molly Crane-Newman reports: An Alabama man accused of stealing more than $150,000 in cryptocurrency through a large-scale SIM swapping scheme that targeted Manhattan residents was hit with a host of charges on Wednesday. Joseph Chase Oaks, 22, faces grand larceny, identity theft, computer trespass, computer tampering, scheme to defraud, and other related charges for his…
Singtel hit by Accellion security breach, customer data may be leaked
Eileen Yu reports: Singtel says it is investigating the impact of a cybersecurity breach that may have compromised customer data, after it ascertained on February 9 that “files were taken”. The attack had affected a file-sharing system developed two decades ago by a third-party vendor Accellion, which the Singapore telco had used internally and with…
NY: Syracuse University email hack compromises personal info of 9,800
Michael Sessa reports: The names and Social Security numbers of about 9,800 Syracuse University students, alumni and applicants have been exposed after someone gained unauthorized access to an employee’s email account. The university has sent letters to affected students, alerting them that the university had investigated a data security breach involving some of their personal information….
NY: Man Pleads Guilty to Stealing Nude Photos of Dozens of Victims
A New York man pleaded guilty Monday to computer fraud and aggravated identity theft related to his hacking of online social media accounts and theft of nude images of dozens of female victims. Acting Assistant Attorney General Nicholas L. McQuaid, Acting U.S. Attorney Antoinette T. Bacon of the Northern District of New York, Special Agent…
North Korea Is Using Cyberattacks To Finance Updates To Nuclear Program, UN Experts Say
Edith M. Lederer of AP reports: North Korea has modernized its nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles by flaunting United Nations sanctions, using cyberattacks to help finance its programs and continuing to seek material and technology overseas for its arsenal, U.N. experts said. […] The panel said its investigations found that North Korean-linked cyber actors continued…