Farouk Arnaz and Heru Andriyanto report on an incident in Indonesia: A man who works at the customer service unit of state-owned telecommunication company Telkomsel was arrested for allegedly stealing personal data of social media sensation Denny Siregar, police said on Friday. The suspect is identified by initials F.P.H., 27, who works at Telkomsel’s Grapari office…
Category: Business Sector
Google-backed Indian delivery startup Dunzo suffers data breach
Ivan Mehta reports: Google-backed Indian hyperlocal delivery service Dunzo said it suffered a data breach that left customer data including email IDs and phone numbers exposed. Dunzo provides pick up and deliver services in over seven cities in India. Read more on The Next Web.
Yevgeniy Nikulin convicted of 2012 LinkedIn, Dropbox, Formspring hacks
It took a San Francisco jury six hours to decide once they finally got the case that started in March but was interrupted by the pandemic. Yesterday afternoon, they convicted Yevgeniy Nikulin, 32, of hacking LinkedIn, Dropbox, and Formspring in 2012. Nikulin, who had pleaded not guilty, is scheduled to be sentenced Sept. 29. The government was…
Mumbai crime: BKC company’s data stolen, clients receive email to boycott it
Priyanka Navalkar reports: A renowned Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC)-based gemological company has approached police to lodge a complaint of forgery, theft and cheating against an unidentified accused. According to the complainant, the accused allegedly stole the company’s client data, forged the logo and sent out emails to the clientele, asking them to boycott the company…
Egyptian bus operator Swvl hit by data breach
Adam Bannister reports: Swvl, a bus-booking app and operator of bus routes in Egypt, Kenya, and Pakistan, has been struck by a data breach. The company, based in Cairo, became aware of “unauthorized access to its IT infrastructure” on the evening of July 3, according to a security alert. Read more on The Daily Swig.
Judge asks prosecutors if they have any real evidence against alleged LinkedIn hacker Yvgeniy Nikulin
Russian national Yevgeniy Nikulin has been in custody for four years now on charges he hacked LinkedIn, Dropbox, and the now-defunct FormSpring in 2012. His trial was scheduled to begin in a federal court in California in March, but then the coronavirus pandemic delayed it. The trial finally got going, but how solid is the…