Daniel Payne reports: The U.S. Department of Justice says a recent data breach of a California consulting firm exposed data of Catholic clergy abuse survivors in nearly a dozen bankruptcy lawsuits. In a May 6 letter addressed to attorneys at law firm Proskauer Rose LLP, the Justice Department’s Nan Eitel, the associate general counsel for Chapter…
Category: Business Sector
IT warning after 160-year-old firm goes into administration following a ransomware attack
Even though the media often mentions the risk of businesses folding due to a cyberattack, attempts to find examples of where a cyberattack really was the sole explanation/cause are often hard to find. Whether there were any other financial factors in the case reported here that contributed to the firm going into administration is unknown…
Disney Hacker Who Accessed 1.1 Terabytes of Data Pleads Guilty
There’s an update to a previously reported breach claimed by “Nullbulge.” Pirates and Princesses reports: A California resident has pleaded guilty to charges related to hacking a Disney employee’s personal computer, resulting in the theft of more than 1 terabyte of confidential data. Last year, it was reported that a hacker accessed Disney’s files and released…
Co-op hackers boast of ‘stealing 20 million customers’ data’ – as retailer admits impacts of ‘significant’ attack
Jacob Paul reports: The cyber attackers allegedly behind a hack on the Co-op have bragged about vast scale of their attack, forcing the supermarket chain to row back on claims it suffered a “small impact”. DragonForce, the criminal group claiming responsibility, has alleged it managed to infiltrate IT networks and steal 20 million customer’s data….
Dating app Raw exposed users’ location data and personal information
Zack Whittaker reports: A security lapse at dating app Raw publicly exposed the personal data and private location data of its users, TechCrunch has found. The exposed data included users’ display names, dates of birth, dating and sexual preferences associated with the Raw app, as well as users’ location. Some of the location data included…
Gov’t orders SKT to notify individual users whose data may have been breached
Korea JoongAng Daily reports: As customer complaints mount following a major hacking incident at SK Telecom, the government on Friday ordered the telecom giant to notify all users whose personal data may have been exposed and to provide immediate protection for vulnerable groups. The Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC) convened an emergency meeting at 8…