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The federal police were called after a Sydney startup was blackmailed with hacked customer data

Posted on May 31, 2017 by Dissent

Tony Yoo reports: A Sydney startup has had its customer data stolen with the hackers threatening to publish the information unless bitcoins are paid out. Customers of ticketing platform Qnect, which is widely used by the university sector for organising social events, this week received SMS messages stating that their personal data has been stolen…

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ZA: Old Mutual targeted in data breach

Posted on May 30, 2017 by Dissent

Financial services company Old Mutual has notified its customers of a data breach, after it detected unauthorised entry to one of its systems which led to some personal customer information being accessed. The company said that personal information of a relatively small group of customers in South Africa was  accessed including ‘customers’ name, telephone number…

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AU: Camberwell High School becomes second target of major privacy breach in two weeks

Posted on May 30, 2017 by Dissent

Ebony Bowden reports: Police are investigating a second major privacy breach at a Melbourne high school which saw the personal information of families illegally accessed by a student. The breach at Camberwell High School follows a similar but unrelated incident at Blackburn High School two weeks ago where the personal information of families was illegally…

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Russian Hackers Are Using Google’s Own Infrastructure to Hack Gmail Users

Posted on May 27, 2017 by Dissent

Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai reports: Russian government hackers seem to have figured out that sometimes the best way to hack into people’s Gmail accounts is be to abuse Google’s own services. On Thursday, researchers exposed a massive Russian espionage and disinformation campaign using emails designed to trick users into giving up their passwords, a technique that’s known…

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Russian ‘Fancy Bear’ Hackers Tainted Their Huge Leaks With Fake Data

Posted on May 26, 2017 by Dissent

Thomas Fox-Brewster reports: The first evidence that the hacker crew responsible for the breach of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) snuck false information into their leaks has been uncovered by a group of researchers. The hackers, a group called Fancy Bear that U.S. intelligence and law enforcement claim to be sponsored by Russia’s intelligence unit, the…

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University of Wisconsin Health: UW Health: Information on 2,036 patients compromised after data breach

Posted on May 26, 2017 by Dissent

UW Health says that 2,036 patients had information compromised after an employee’s email account was used by an unauthorized user. UW Health says they learned on March 28, 2017 that a breach of information happened on March 16, 2017. Officials say an unauthorized individual got access to an employee’s credentials and email account. UW Health…

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