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Mexican government responds to data leak of voter information

Posted on April 23, 2016 by Dissent

Overnight, I received a response from the INE with answers to some questions I had posed to them about a massive database leak of Mexican voter data. The leak had been discovered by MacKeeper researcher Chris Vickery. Let’s begin with the government’s press release: INTERPONE INE DENUNCIA POR USO INDEBIDO DE LA LISTA NOMINAL DE…

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Toronto firm files statement of claim against province seeking $75 million over data leak

Posted on April 22, 2016 by Dissent

Is Canada getting more litigious on data breach lawsuits? Has anyone compiled any stats over the past five years? Vito Pilieci reports: A Toronto law firm has filed a statement of claim in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice as a placeholder for a possible $75 million class-action lawsuit against the province. The filing, which…

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MoD contractor hacked, 831 members of defence community exposed

Posted on April 22, 2016 by Dissent

And in other less-than-great Ministry of Defence news, Alexander J. Martin reports: Up to 831 members of Britain’s defence community with high-level security clearances had their personally identifying information stolen when the Ministry of Defence’s business networking organisation was hacked, The Register has learned. Although heavily redacted in places, correspondence between the MoD and Niteworks—requested under the Freedom…

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UK: MoD accidentally releases secret Nato military manual

Posted on April 22, 2016 by Dissent

Rob Edwards reports: The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has accidentally released a secret NATO report with codewords, ciphers, co-ordinates, radio frequencies and a host of other “special instructions” for huge war games under way around Scotland. An MoD official mistakenly circulated a manual for planned air operations during major military exercises involving more than a…

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Personal info of 93.4 million Mexicans exposed on Amazon (UPDATED)

Posted on April 22, 2016 by Dissent

In today’s installment of “Epic Infosecurity #FAIL,” more than 93.4 million Mexican citizens have had their voter registration details exposed online due to a misconfigured database. Why a database with Mexican voters’ information was hosted on a server outside of Mexico, who uploaded it to Amazon, and why it wasn’t properly secured are questions in search of answers. Last week, MacKeeper…

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Contractor charged with damaging Reserve pay software

Posted on April 21, 2016 by Dissent

Kevin Lilley reports: The “glitch” that delayed Army Reserve paychecks for an average of 17 days in late 2014 now has an alleged face. Mittesh Das, a civilian contractor, could face 10 years in prison and a quarter-million dollar fine on charges he damaged the Regional Level Application Software, a critical Army Reserve computer network….

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