Hamish Barwick reports: Australian Privacy Commissioner Timothy Pilgrim has opened an investigation into an alleged data breach involving iiNet subsidiary Westnet. The data breach allegedly occurred earlier this month after a hacker compromised a database containing the personal information of some Westnet customers and offered the information for sale online. Read more on Computerworld.
Category: Business Sector
Expedia warns users about ‘unauthorized access’ of name, phone, email and booking info
Bob Sullivan reports: Some Expedia.com customers are getting emails from the firm warning that a would-be criminal has obtained “unauthorized access … (to) your name, phone number, email address and travel booking.” The details are being used in an attempt to trick customers into sharing even more personal information, the firm says. […] Sarah Gavin, head…
MO: Cellphone repair shop employee arrested for invasion of privacy
Joe McLean reports: A Jefferson City man faces charges of taking and sharing explicit photos of several women. A woman told Jefferson City police on June 11 that sexually explicit photos of her were shared with a group of people without her consent. The victim had recently taken her cellphone to iRepair, a cellphone repair…
Florida telemarketer, under FTC watch, suffers data breach
Jeremy Kirk reports: A Florida-based computer tech support call center has suffered a data breach, with customer records being abused by fraudsters trying to get access to online bank accounts. The data breach is the latest problem for Advanced Tech Support, an inbound call center based in Boca Raton, which is run by Inbound Call Experts. Read…
5 Facts: Petrosaudi Ex-Employee Justo Caught For 1MDB Info Leak
GreaterMalaysia.com reports: Police have arrested a Swiss national they claim leaked information of a Saudi-based energy company to a UK-based news website. Xavier Andre Justo, 49, was arrested at a house on Koh Samui on Monday. It was said to be part of a plot to discredit Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, Malaysian sources said yesterday….
UK: Wounds International – Data Leak
A paste on Pastebin points to a hack of Wounds International. The SQL injection attack, by @str0ke_, who self-identifies as affiliated with @ToucSec, does not really offer a specific explanation for why the firm was attacked: Target……………….: Wounds International; Date…………………: 6.24.2015 Title………………..: Wounds International Data Dump; Wounds International, we have a bit more instore for you; not that…