John Dickens reports: Tens of thousands of examiners have had their personal details hacked after the exam board AQA was victim to a cyber-attack. Data relating to 64,000 examiners stored on some of AQA’s online systems has been stolen by attackers, including examiners’ name, address, personal phone numbers, and passwords. However the board stressed the…
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Data leak exposes details of 450,000 lottery subscribers
DutchNews.nl reports: Nearly half a million subscribers to charity lotteries have been warned that their personal details may have been compromised by a data leak. The BankGiro Loterij, Postcode Loterij and VriendenLoterij took out newspaper adverts alerting players to a security vulnerability that could give hackers access to the names, addresses and e-mail addresses of…
International Association of Athletics Federations discloses cyber attack
Brian Homewood reports: The governing body of global athletics (IAAF) said on Monday it had suffered a cyber attack which it believes has compromised information about athletes’ medical records. An IAAF statement said the hacking group known as Fancy Bear was believed to be behind the attack in February and that it targeted information concerning…
Stolen backup drive contained personal and health info of Local 693 members
Local 693 Plumbers, Pipefitters & HVACR Technicians has disclosed a breach to those enrolled in its benefit fund. The incident has also been reported to HHS. From its notification to members: We are writing to notify you that a device containing information regarding participants and beneficiaries of the Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 693 Benefit Funds (“Funds”),…
MY: Hard disks, laptops stolen from Parti Cinta Sabah offices
Stephanie Lee reports: Hard disks and laptops containing important political information were stolen from Parti Cinta Sabah’s head office at the Nountun Industrial Estate near here. PCS president Datuk Seri Wilfred Bumburing’s corporate officer [sic] located on the second floor of the same building was also broken into. Read more on The Star.
Florida man pleads guilty in attempted hacking of Clinton Foundation
Nate Raymond and Nathan Layne report: A Florida man pleaded guilty in a case stemming from an attempted hacking of the Clinton Foundation on Thursday, months after he was sentenced to 42 years in prison in the wake of child pornography discovered on his computers during the probe. Timothy Sedlak, 43, pleaded guilty in federal…