Krystel Sherrell reports: Greenwood police are investigating after nearly a dozen folders of paperwork containing personal information were found in the middle of a busy street. “There were hundreds, if not, close to a thousand pieces of paper,” Jacob Bowling said. “There had to be at least 200 names in there.” It’s an old story…
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Casinos and mining operations targeted by hackers attempting extortion – Mandiant
While a number of U.S. casinos have reported payment card breaches over the past four years, a new report from Mandiant indicates that some casinos in Canada appear to have been under attack from hackers who, after acquiring customer and corporate data, attempt to extort the casinos. Whether all of the Canadian casinos that have…
Personal data from Cowboys Casino hack surfaces online
Back in June, 2016, Cowboys Casino announced it was investigating a data breach that impacted employee and corporate data, including customer data. Today, Brodie Thomas reports that personal information acquired by the hackers last year has appeared online. The anonymous hackers, who released about 484 megabytes of documents online via a torrent site, left a…
Accused Yahoo hacker’s bail bid denied
Canadian Press reports: A Canadian accused in a massive hack of Yahoo emails will have to stay in custody as he prepares to fight extradition to the United States. Ontario’s appeal court has dismissed Karim Baratov’s effort to fight a judge’s decision to deny him bail, saying that while the judge made some mistakes, they…
Over 5,000 Wind Tre customers hit by data breach
Telecompaper reports: Italy’s data protection authority, Garante Privacy, has ordered Wind Tre to write to customers to notify them of a data breach that occurred on 20 March. Tech website Key4Biz reports that some 5,118 customers may have been affected when the service provider responsible for the Self Care 3 area was attacked. A total…
Data enrichment records for 200 million people up for sale on the Darknet
Steve Ragan reports: Full data enrichment profiles for more than 200 million people have been placed up for sale on the Darknet. The person offering the files claims the data is from Experian, and is looking to get $600 for everything. […] Salted Hash also reached out to Experian and one other firm, Acxiom,…