The Canadian Press reports: The RCMP say charges have been laid against two Quebecers for their alleged involvement in a cyber attack of Bell Canada customer accounts. Nana Koranteng and Jesiah Russell-Francis of Montreal are to appear on charges including unauthorized use of a computer, fraud over $5000, conspiracy to commit fraud, laundering proceeds of…
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Credit Info Exposed in TransUnion Canada Data Security Incident
Lawrence Abrams reports: An unauthorized person was able to gain access to a TransUnion Canada web portal and use it to pull consumer credit files. This was done by using credentials stolen from a TransUnion customer who had access to the portal. BleepingComputer has learned that starting last week TransUnion Canada began sending out data security…
Switzerland stops information exchange with Bulgaria
Cristian Angeloni reports: The Swiss Federal Council has halted its automatic exchange of information (AEOI) agreement with Bulgaria. The move follows a problem with data security in the Eastern European country in July 2019, when a leak exposed financial account information of four million Bulgarians and foreign taxpayers. Although the Bulgarian National Revenue Agency was…
3,000 Kent State student emails hacked
Aidan Coyne reports: On Sept. 19 Kent State announced over 3,000 student emails had been hacked the week before. According to Robert Eckman of Kent State’s IT department, the breach was a result of credential harvesting. […] According to Eckman there were two Credential Harvesting incidents that led to this breach, one on 9/22-23 and…
“Vanda the God” claims — without any proof — to have medical details on 1 million New Zealanders for sale (Updated)
Melissa Lemieux reports: A hacker working under the name Vanda The God claims to have breached the database of Tū Ora Compass Health and has offered the medical details of 1 million New Zealanders for sale on Twitter, according to the Canterbury, New Zealand Star-News. The massive hack has left the Ministry of Health unsure…
Parents of teenage computer hacker convicted for his part in the TalkTalk data breach get suspended jail sentences for transferring £200,000 of ill-gotten Bitcoins from a seized wallet after his arrest
Phoebe Eckersley reports: The parents of a teenager who hacked into TalkTalk and sold personal data for cryptocurrency have been spared jail. Carlie, 44, and Jason Gunton, 45, whose son Elliott Gunton was convicted, were given suspended sentences for helping transfer funds on behalf of their son, it was heard at Norwich Crown Court today….