John Hyde reports: A Hampshire law firm has been reprimanded by the data watchdog after hackers were able to access client details because of insufficient security measures. Levales Solicitors LLP, which specialised in criminal and military law, was found by the Information Commissioner’s Office to have failed to ensure the confidentiality of its processing systems….
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UK Ambulance Services targeted by Kremlin-protected Russian hackers
Richard Holmes reports: UK ambulance services have been targeted by Russian hackers, risking disruption to their communication systems, with the potential to severely hamper Britain’s emergency services. Intelligence material seen by i shows that over the past 12 months, a Kremlin-protected hacking network has targeted key suppliers to The UK Ambulance Services and Ministry of Defence (MoD)….
Internet History Hacked, Wayback Machine Down—31 Million Passwords Stolen
Davey Winder reports: Hackers have compromised the Internet’s past, the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine, stealing 31 million passwords and launching a massive Distributed Denial of Service attack in the process. It is unclear if the two security incidents, the compromise of the Internet Archive’s authentication database containing registered member details, including hashed passwords, and the…
National Public Data files for bankruptcy, admits ‘hundreds of millions’ potentially affected
Iain Thomson reports: The Florida business behind data brokerage National Public Data has filed for bankruptcy, admitting “hundreds of millions” of people were potentially affected in one of the largest information leaks of the year. In June, the hacking group USDoD put a 277.1 GB file of data online that contained information on about 2.9 billion…
Attorney General Tong Co-Leads $52 Million Multistate Settlement with Marriott for Data Breach of Starwood Guest Reservation Database
The following enforcement action was related to FTC action, also announced today, but is a separate settlement with states. The following press release is from Connecticut’s Attorney General: (Hartford, CT) – Attorney General Tong announced today that a coalition of 50 attorneys general, co-led by Connecticut, has reached a settlement with Marriott International, Inc. as…
Ex-Uber CISO Requests a New, ‘Fair’ Trial
Kristina Beek reports: Former Uber CISO Joseph Sullivan, convicted in 2023 of trying to cover up a data breach, is seeking a new trial, citing procedures omissions from his original trial that his lawyers said tainted the verdict. Sullivan was initially convicted on charges related to Uber’s 2016 data breach and was sentenced to three years of…