Zack Whittaker reports: While its contents might seem unremarkable for China, where facial recognition is routine and state surveillance is ubiquitous, the sheer size of the exposed database is staggering. At its peak the database held over 800 million records, representing one of the biggest known data security lapses of the year by scale, second…
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Chinese hackers tied to attacks on South China Sea energy companies: US tech firm
Bloomberg reports: Chinese hackers likely targeted energy companies operating in the South China Sea and the Australian government, according to a US tech security firm, the latest accusation of coordinated cybersnooping by the Asian nation to advance its geopolitical goals. Researchers uncovered an ongoing phishing campaign lasting more than a year that has been aimed…
Data Leak Of 20 Mn Users? Vodafone Idea Says No
IANS reports: After a cyber-security research firm claimed that call data records of around 20 million customers of Vodafone Idea (Vi) were leaked and accessed by cyber-criminals, the telecom operator has denied the breach. Cyber-security research firm CyberX9 claimed in its report that the call data records of 20.6 million postpaid Vi customers were leaked…
Laptop at centre of probe into massive 2017 phone data leak
FMT reporters: Police are investigating new evidence linked to a data leak about five years ago that reportedly involved 46 million Malaysian mobile numbers. The new evidence is believed to revolve around the use of a highly-secure laptop computer from the premises of the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission to access a server containing the…
New York medical practices hit by “Bl00dy Ransomware Gang”
Is “Bl00dy Ransomware Gang” a new ransomware group on the scene, a rebrand, or neither? In July, a new channel appeared on Telegram called the “Bl00dy Ransomware Gang.” In August, information about alleged victims started to appear. So far, the gang has leaked some data allegedly from three victims in two incidents. In each case,…
Akasa Air suffers data breach
PTI reports: Akasa Air has suffered data breach resulting in access of user information by unauthorised individuals. The airline, which started operations on August 7, has apologised to its customers and has “self-reported the incident” to CERT-In, according to a communication. Read more at The Telegraph India.