From the FBI: A nightmare scenario for many organizations recently became one Atlanta-based tech company’s reality. But the steps the company took before and after their sensitive data was stolen by a hacker in 2018 helped the FBI identify and arrest the culprit. Christian Kight used his computer programming skills to hack into various businesses…
Category: Business Sector
RCMP warn of ransomware scam after business hacked
A news release from the Halifax District RCMP, seen on Halifax Today: RCMP is warning the public about a type of scam targeting businesses after a recent report received by Halifax District RCMP. Police received the report from a business that had their network hacked with ransomware. The hackers demanded $270,000 to reinstate their network….
845GB of racy dating app records exposed to entire internet via leaky AWS buckets
Robbie Harb reports: Hundreds of thousands of sensitive dating app profiles – including images of “a graphic, sexual nature” – were exposed online for anyone stumbling across them to download. Word of the uncontrolled emission burst forth from vpnMentor this week, which claims it found a misconfigured AWS S3 bucket containing 845GB of private dating app records….
Magecart attackers hit Claire’s, Intersport web shops
Zeljka Zorz reports: Magecart attackers have compromised web shops belonging to large retail chains Claire’s and Intersport and equipped them with payment card skimmers. The compromise of Claire’s online store and that of its sister brand Icing has been flagged by Sansec researchers. Read more on Help Net Security. Update of June 17: Intersport sent the following…
In: Software firm files complaint against six staffers for Rs 40L data theft
Ahmedabad Mirror reports that Suresh Prajapati, 48, filed a complaint of theft against six employees working at his firm for stealing software, data and source code and selling it to other companies. Read more on Ahmedabad Mirror. The paper reports that the complaint alleges that the firm, Dev ERP Solutions, suffered losses of Rs 40…
Live Event Manufacturer Reveals Employee Data Breach
Phil Muncaster reports: A major manufacturing company for live events has disclosed a data breach affecting the personal and financial information of its employees. Tait Towers Manufacturing produces rigging, lighting and other equipment for concerts, theatrical performances and the like. It claims to have worked on many of the highest-grossing concert tours of all time….