Geoff Leo reports on what sounds like an utterly unsatisfactory response by the government to questions as to why it didn’t directly notify those affected of a breach: The minister responsible for the Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Authority (SLGA) says the Crown corporation didn’t directly notify its business partners that their data may have been…
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An Interview with AgainstTheWest
They are anonymous, but they are not Anonymous. Meet the individuals who are using their skills to take on the West’s enemies. Names can be misleading. When I first read about a group called “AgainstTheWest,” I assumed they were working against the west. But while threat actors from Russia, China, Belarus, and North Korea attack…
China accused of hacking Ukraine days before Russian invasion
Maxim Tucker reports: China staged a huge cyberattack on Ukraine’s military and nuclear facilities in the build-up to Russia’s invasion, according to intelligence memos obtained by The Times. More than 600 websites belonging to the defence ministry in Kyiv and other institutions suffered thousands of hacking attempts which were co-ordinated by the Chinese government, according to…
Ph: Smartmatic admits ‘data leak’ but not related to 2022 polls
Third Anne Peralta-Malonzo reports the latest into the investigation into claims of a Comelec leak. SMARTMATIC Inc., the country’s major provider for the upcoming 2022 automated elections, has admitted data leak from its system but assured that it is not related to the polls, Commission on Elections (Comelec) chairperson Saidamen Pangarungan said Friday, April 1,…
UK: Confidential documents were blown into gardens in data breach
Adam Shaw reports: A North London council has suspended its bin collection provider from handling sensitive material after letters containing residents’ personal information were blown into gardens and gutters. Brent Council is investigating a “data breach” after council documents fell off a Veolia truck on its way to a depot in Croydon. Read more at…
Names and addresses of 620 FSB officers published in data breach
Tom Ball reports: The names and addresses of 620 people who are said to be FSB officers were published yesterday in what Kyiv said was a huge data breach of the Russian security agency. The Ukrainian directorate of intelligence claimed that the list included the personal details of agents engaging in “criminal activities” across Europe….