Reuters reports: Russia’s GRU military intelligence service appears to have got hold of many emails from Chancellor Angela Merkel’s constituency office in a 2015 hack attack on Germany’s parliament, Der Spiegel magazine reported on Friday, without citing its sources. Read more on Reuters.
Category: Government Sector
Aarogya Setu: The story of a failure
Elliot Alderson (pseudonym) writes: In order to fight Covid19, the Indian government released a mobile contact tracing application called Aarogya Setu. This application is available on the PlayStore and 90 million Indians already installed it. This application is currently getting a lot of attention in India. In Noida, if people doesn’t have the app installed…
Leak Of Pune Municipal Corporation Data Spreads Personal Details Of Patients Over Social Media
Prachee Kulkarni reports: Names, locations, contact numbers, medical history — it’s all part of the Google Maps link created by Smart City officials, which was accessed by the public. Civic officials surprisingly casual about breach, say they will ‘consider’ going to the cops Read more on Pune Mirror.
‘No data, security breach’: Aarogya Setu says after hacker claims ‘privacy of 90 million Indians at stake’
The Indian Express reports what may be only opening salvos in this story: The Twitter handle of Aaroga Setu said they were alerted “by an ethical hacker of a potential security issue in the app”, which they discussed with him, but “no personal information of any user has been proven to be at risk”. The…
AU: ‘Appalling’: Police officer suspended over leaked images of Dean Laidley
Tammy Mills and Simone Fox Koob report: A senior constable has been suspended over photos taken of former North Melbourne coach Dean Laidley while he was in custody on stalking allegations. A police “mugshot” of Mr Laidley and a photo taken through the glass wall of a police interview room in which he was being…
German authorities charge Russian hacker for 2015 Bundestag hack
Catalin Cimpanu reports: German prosecutors have issued an arrest warrant today for a hacker working for the Russian military on charges of hacking the German Parliament in the spring of 2015. German newspaper the Sueddeutsche Zeitung, who broke the story today, says German authorities are looking for Dmitriy Sergeyevich Badin, 29, from Kursk, Russia. Read more…