Kirstin Ridley reports: LONDON (Reuters) – Marriott International Inc, the world’s largest hotel operator, is facing a London class action brought by millions of former hotel guests demanding compensation after their personal data was hacked in one of the largest data breaches in history. Martin Bryant, founder of technology and media consultancy Big Revolution, is…
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UK: Man charged with cyber crime – Milton Keynes
The South East Regional Organised Crime Unit (SEROCU) reports that a man has been charged with cyber crime offences. Liam Keenan, aged 20, of Century Avenue, Milton Keynes, was charged on 12 August 2020 with the following: Between 14 January and 13 March he committed unauthorised acts with intent to impair operation of or prevent…
Germany’s military-run transport fleet hacked
DW reports: Germany’s Bundestag administration and federal parliamentarians were told Friday that unknown hackers had infiltrated the FuhrparkService (BWFU) transport fleet, reported the Sunday newspaper BamS (Bild am Sonntag). “Last week, there was an attack on the company’s IT network by an as yet unidentified external party,” Germany’s defense ministry added on Saturday. Read more on…
Thousands of CRA accounts breached following pair of cyberattacks
CBC News reports: The federal government has revealed that the Canada Revenue Agency was recently hit by two cyberattacks, compromising thousands of accounts linked to the agency’s services. The agency confirmed on Saturday that as of Aug. 14, about 5,500 accounts had been affected by the separate attacks but that the breaches are now contained. The CRA’s My…
Texas Man Sentenced to 57 Months for Computer Hacking and Aggravated Identity Theft
From the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Northern District of New York, yesterday, an update on a previously reported case: ALBANY, NEW YORK –Tyler C. King, age 31, of Dallas, Texas, was sentenced today to 57 months in prison for computer fraud and aggravated identity theft in connection with his hacking of a New York-based technology company….
RedCurl cybercrime group has hacked companies for three years
Catalin Cimpanu reports: Security researchers have uncovered a new Russian-speaking hacking group that they claim has been focusing on the past three years on corporate espionage, targeting companies across the world to steal documents that contain commercial secrets and employee personal data. Named RedCurl, the activities of this new group have been detailed in a 57-page…