Ian Hughes reports: A hacker has been ordered to pay £20,000 compensation to a Warwickshire company he used to work for. Samir Desai, of Grange Drive, Sutton Coldfield, caused ‘significant disruption and financial loss’ to the firm which was not named. The 41 year-old was arrested as part of an investigation by the Regional Cyber…
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PH: Locsin says ‘pissed’ contractor ‘took all’ passport data
Updated January 15: Locsin subsequently clarified his claim and said that no data had been removed or stolen, but had been made inaccessible. See this report. Original post: Katrina Domingo reports: MANILA – Some Filipinos renewing their passports may have to present their birth certificates as an additional requirement after a passport production contractor the…
Privacy commissioner finds Health Prince Edward Island response to unauthorized hospital employee accessing patient files was reasonable
Ryan Ross reports: Health P.E.I.’s response to a privacy breach involving patient health records was reasonable, but steps could have been taken to prevent it, says P.E.I.’s privacy commissioner. In a report released in December, privacy commissioner Karen Rose reviewed the unauthorized access of electronic health records for 353 people, which she referred to as…
FL: High school students allegedly provided hacking as a paid service to change peers’ grades: Police
Hank Tester reports: A major investigation is underway at a South Florida high school into just that. Three students are suspected of breaking into Flanagan High School’s computer system to boost their classmates’ grades, but only those who paid. “They are like 18,” said student Valaria Delgado. “They could go to jail. That’s like hacking.”…
How a Russian firm helped catch an alleged NSA data thief
Fascinating reporting by Kim Zetter on Politico. The 2016 arrest of a former National Security Agency contractor charged with a massive theft of classified data began with an unlikely source: a tip from a Russian cybersecurity firm that the U.S. government has called a threat to the country. Moscow-based Kaspersky Lab turned Harold T. Martin…
BASF Workers in Taiwan Suspected of Leaking Company Secrets to Chinese Firm
Reuters reports: Taiwan is investigating six current and former employees of BASF’s local operations suspected of leaking corporate secrets to a rival Chinese company, an official said on Jan. 7. Five employees were detained and one had been granted bail by a court, Lu Sung Hao, Taipei-based director of Taiwan’s Crime Investigation Bureau, told Reuters….