Jason Murdock reports: Law enforcement authorities in the Philippines have arrested a second suspect in relation to the hack and defacement of the country’s electoral commission, that resulted in the loss of up to 55 million voter records. In a press conference held on 29 April, Andres Bautista, the chairperson of the Commission on Elections…
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#OpAfrica Sees Anonymous Leak 1TB of Data from Kenyan Ministry
Hacked reports: Hactivist collective Anonymous has begun to leak documents from the Kenyan government as a part of a sophisticated operation called #OpAfrica, a campaign aimed to expose the government corruption across Africa. An initial sample of 95 documents revealed via an Anonymous Twitter account and can be accessed via a TOR browser. Hacked reviewed the documents…
In: Hacked Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation website, made lakhs selling fake tickets before CBI got him
Ruchi Dua reports: A man who used to hack train ticket booking website IRCTC to generate fake tickets was arrested from Dakshan Darwaza area in eastern Uttar Pradesh’s Basti town on Thursday by a joint team of the Central Bureau of Investigation and railway’s vigilance department, police said. Hamid was arrested by a team of…
Opportunities Exist for SEC to Improve Its Controls over Financial Systems and Data – GAO
From a new GAO report: The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) improved its information security by addressing weaknesses previously identified by GAO, including separating the user production network from the internal management network. However, weaknesses continue to limit the effectiveness of other security controls. In particular: While SEC had issued policies and implemented controls based…
Whistle-blowing hacker to become founding member of new political party in Latvia
The Baltic News Service reports: University of Latvia researcher Ilmars Poikans, also known by the nickname Neo, will become one of the founding members of the new political party to be established on May 3 at the initiative of independent MP Artuss Kaimins. Back in 2009, Neo stole from the Latvian State Revenue Service electronic data…
UK: West Dunbartonshire Council warned of court action by ICO over data protection failures
A Scottish council has been rapped by the regulator for repeatedly failing to train staff around data protection. West Dunbartonshire Council were told to implement training on several occasions, as well as being advised to put in place a policy around home working. But their failure to do so ultimately contributed to a data breach…