Nikkei on Wednesday said incidents of unauthorized access to some email accounts used by Nikkei China (Hong Kong), an overseas group company, and Nikkei’s Hong Kong bureau have been discovered, raising concerns that personal information, including the names of customers, may have been leaked. Read more on Nikkei Asia.
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Ripoff Report and Armor Games Hacker Sentenced to Prison
There’s an update to the case of a young Cypriot hacker who pleaded guilty in January to hacking Armor Games and Ripoff Report. A Nicosia court had ruled in 2019 that Joshua Epiphaniou was to be extradited here. He is the first Cypriot national ever extradited from Cyprus to the United States. Today, the U.S. Attorney’s…
Line app allowed Chinese firm to access personal user data
Catalin Cimpanu reports: In a press conference today, the Japanese government announced it was investigating the parent company behind the Line instant messaging app after a local newspaper reported that engineers at one of the app’s Chinese contractors accessed the messages and personal details of Line users. Read more on The Record.
Tampa Twitter hacker agrees to three years in prison
Dan Sullivan reports: The Tampa teen who took control of well-known Twitter accounts last summer and used them to solicit more than $100,000 in Bitcoin pleaded guilty to state charges Tuesday in exchange for a three-year prison sentence. In a deal with prosecutors, Graham Ivan Clark agreed to serve three years in prison, followed by…
French Data Watchdog CNIL Opens Probe Into Clubhouse App
Stephanie Bodoni reports: France’s data-protection watchdog said it’s opened a probe into private social media app Clubhouse following a complaint. French regulator CNIL said on Wednesday it questioned Alpha Exploration Co. Inc., the U.S. company behind the invite-only app, about the measures taken for the app to comply with EU rules on March 12. Read more on Bloomberg.
Ca: Coleman Group says it caught cyberattack in progress that may have accessed employee files
Mike Moore reports: The Coleman Group of Companies says it was the target of a cyberattack in late February and has reason to believe some of its human resources and payroll files were accessed. According to the company, those files contain names, addresses, social insurance numbers and banking information of employees both past and present. Greg Gill,…