Adele Ferguson and Chris Gillett report on documents leaked by a whistleblower: Leaked documents obtained by 7.30, The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald reveal the Chinese-owned energy giant does not appear to have proper systems in place to protect sensitive customer information. Through its retail operations Alinta collects names, addresses, birth dates, mobile numbers,…
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The RNC stopped paying a data firm after a serious breach — then paid a mysterious LLC with the same address
The RNC Stopped Paying a Data Firm After A Serious Breach. Then It Paid A Mysterious LLC With the Same Address. Three years after the Republican National Committee publicly sidelined the sullied firm, it paid an LLC with the same address $900,000 for “data services.” The RNC said it wouldn’t “waste any more breath explaining…
Meet the white-hat group fighting Emotet, the world’s most dangerous malware
Catalin Cimpanu reports: For more than a year, a group of security researchers and system administrators have banded together to fight back against Emotet, today’s most active and dangerous malware operation. By working together, the Cryptolaemus group has seriously hindered Emotet operations. Daily, the group publishes updates on its website and Twitter account. They share so-called indicators of…
Ca: LifeLabs files petition to keep cyberattack report from B.C. privacy commissioner
Andrew Weichel reports: The B.C.-based laboratory testing company that was targeted in a cyberattack last fall is trying to keep the province’s privacy commissioner from accessing a third-party report on the breach. In a petition filed this month in B.C. Supreme Court, LifeLabs argued it shouldn’t have to turn over a report prepared by cybersecurity…
One in four Americans won’t do business with data-breached companies
Eileen Brown reports on the results of yet another survey that asks consumers what they would do in the event a company was breached. I’ve discussed these kinds of surveys before and the difference between what people say they would do and what people may actually do. To see which applies in this case, read…
‘Catastrophic data loss’ affects thousands of Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office dashcam videos
Rosana Hughes reports: A “catastrophic data loss” caused thousands of Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office videos from dashboard cameras to disappear — and potentially could jeopardize criminal and civil cases. All dash camera footage for all 130 patrol deputies between Oct. 25, 2018, and Jan. 23 of this year was lost after a software failure on…