Catalin Cimpanu reports: In a short statement published today on its website, Mitsubishi Electric, one of the world’s largest electronics and electrical equipment manufacturing firms, disclosed a major security breach. Although the breach occurred last year, on June 28, and an official internal investigation began in September, the Tokyo-based corporation disclosed the security incident today, only after…
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Oman’s largest insurance company hit by ransomware attack
TAS News Service reports: Muscat: Oman United Insurance Co SAOG, one among the largest insurers in the country has disclosed a “ransomware attack” on the company’s data centre early this month. In a filing to the Capital Market Authority (CMO) on Thursday, the company revealed that its systems were attacked on January 1st and said it…
Security researchers — and journalists — need legislative protection in India for disclosing vulnerabilities
If there is anything positive at all about the legal bullshit 1to1Help,net has perpetrated to cover up their data leak and to deflect blame, it is the support I have received from the Internet Freedom Foundation in India. But before diving into that more, a quick update on 1to1Help’s shameful litigation: After reading the court…
Former employees held for data theft from pharma firm in Hyderabad
Express News Service reports: Four persons were arrested by the Cyber Crime wing of Cyberabad police for stealing confidential data from a pharma company. Using the patented data of the firm, the accused manufactured similar products at Visakhapatnam. The accused are Gunturu Srikanth Reddy, Mekala Krishna Reddy, Mekala Venkat Reddy and S Yogeswara Rao. Read…
Consumers seeking reimbursement for time, losses, and expenses must file by Jan. 22
Allen St. John writes: Consumers whose personal information was exposed by the 2017 Equifax data breach are running out of time to receive compensation, though the amount is likely to be far less than many had hoped. The deadline for seeking reimbursement for time, losses and out-of-pocket expenses from the breach, which affected more than…
“Real People,” real data leak: Production company leak exposed personal data of Dove ‘real people’ ad participants
Lucy Ingham reports: A data breach at UK-based Fresh Film Productions, which makes adverts for high-profile companies including Unilever, has exposed sensitive personal data of participants in antiperspirant brand Dove’s ‘real people’ campaign. The company inadvertently exposed the data, which included bank details and passport scans, by leaving a company server hosted online on an…