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Sydney teenager charged after allegedly blackmailing 93 Optus customers affected by data breach

Posted on October 6, 2022 by Dissent

Jake Lapham reports: A 19-year-old Sydney man has been charged after allegedly using information obtained during last month’s Optus data breach to blackmail people. It is alleged the man threatened 93 customers via text messages, saying he would use their details to commit financial crimes unless they paid $2,000. No customers paid the money. Australian…

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Former Uber security chief found guilty of covering up data breach

Posted on October 5, 2022 by Dissent

Maria Dinzeo reports: In a verdict with far-reaching implications for security chiefs nationwide, a federal jury convicted Uber’s former head of security Joe Sullivan on Wednesday of concealing a 2016 data breach from authorities and obstructing an investigation by the Federal Trade Commission into Uber’s security practices. Sullivan had only been on the job a…

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Hacker in Massive Capitol One Data Breach Gets Probation

Posted on October 5, 2022 by Dissent

Steven Musil reports: The hacker responsible for the massive 2019 data breach of Capital One has been sentenced to time served and five years of probation. US District Judge Robert S. Lasnik said sentencing former Amazon systems engineer Paige Thompson to time in prison would have been “particularly difficult on her because of her mental health and…

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Meta settles lawsuit for ‘significant’ sum against businesses scraping Facebook and Instagram data

Posted on October 4, 2022 by Dissent

Sarah Perez and Zack Whittaker report: Facebook parent Meta has settled a lawsuit in the U.S. against two companies that had engaged in data scraping operations, which had seen them gathering data from Facebook and Instagram users for marketing intelligence purposes, according to the original complaint filed in October 2020. The companies named in the suit, Israeli-based BrandTotal…

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Australia’s Telstra hit by data breach, two weeks after attack on Optus

Posted on October 4, 2022 by Dissent

Byron Kaye and Renju Jose report: Australia’s largest telecoms firm Telstra Corp Ltd (TLS.AX) said on Tuesday it had suffered what it called a small data breach, a disclosure that comes two weeks after its main rival Optus was left reeling by a massive cyberattack. Telstra, which has 18.8 million customer accounts equivalent to three-quarters of Australia’s…

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Thailand’s THE ICON GROUP hacked by DESORDEN

Posted on October 2, 2022 by Dissent

DESORDEN Group’s attacks on ASEAN businesses continue. This week, they disclosed a hack of The Icon Group in Thailand.   In a statement on a popular hacking forum, DESORDEN writes: This data breach involved 161 GB of databases and files, including personal information of 264,128 customers, with their full name, ID card number, bank account…

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