Cullen Paradis reports: Zhang Feng, an executive at China’s most valuable public company Tencent Holdings, has been detained by authorities in connection to a data leak and corruption scandal. According to the Wall Street Journal, Zhang is accused of sending user data from the messaging app juggernaut WeChat to Sun Lijun, the former vice public security minister now…
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Made in India Koo app denies claims of data leak, talks about Chinese connection
Sneha Saha reports: Koo app or the so-called Indian alternative of Twitter is gaining wide popularity in the country as the battle between the Indian government and the microblogging site continues. The social media app has been downloaded by over three million Android users already, which is a big number for a Made in India…
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…
British Columbia real estate agency sustains unusual ransomware attack
Lyle Adriano reports: A British Columbia-based real estate agency is the latest victim of a ransomware cyberattack – but the circumstances of the attack raise more questions than answers. Last week, the Conti ransomware group listed the ReMax Kelowna as one of its victims on its website. To prove it had instigated the attack, the…
Romania’s biggest real estate portal suffers major data breach
Andrei Chirileasa reports: The largest real estate portal in Romania, Imobiliare.ro, has suffered a data breach that could potentially affect its entire client database, reports Website Planet quoted by Profit.ro. It remains unknown whether the company’s client information fell into nefarious hands, but the company’s bucket was found to be exposed, without password protection or encryption….
CD Projekt Red hacked, refuses to pay ransom, opts for transparency
Earlier today, video game developer CD Projekt Red announced on Twitter that it has been hacked and a ransom demand received. “We will not give in to the demands nor negotiate with the actor, being aware that this may eventually lead to the release of the compromised data,” they write, adding that while they are…