Meduza reports: A court in Paris has jailed Russian basketball player Daniil Kasatkin on suspicion of involvement in a hacker group’s extortion activities. The 26-year-old was arrested on June 21 at Charles de Gaulle airport at the request of the United States, which has charged him with conspiracy to commit computer fraud. According to American investigators, Kasatkin…
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Credit reports among personal data of 190,000 breached, put for sale on Dark Web; IT vendor fined
Ian Cheng reports: IT vendor Ezynetic has been fined $17,500 for failing to protect its clients’ data, which resulted in more than 190,000 individuals’ personal data being stolen and put for sale on the Dark Web. Ezynetic had failed to put in place reasonable security arrangements to protect the personal data in its possession or…
Five youths arrested on suspicion of phishing
Dutch police report: Last week, the police arrested five young people on suspicion of phishing. On Tuesday 1 July, four minors aged 14 and 17 from Lelystad were arrested, and on Wednesday 2 July, a 21-year-old suspect from Lelystad was arrested. The police in Flevoland started an investigation some time ago after receiving reports of…
India’s Max Financial says hacker accessed customer data from its insurance unit
Jagmeet Singh reports: Max Financial Services on Wednesday said its insurance subsidiary Axis Max Life Insurance received communication from an anonymous sender about unauthorized access to its customer data. Without disclosing specifics, the Noida-based financial services company said in its stock exchange filing that Axis Max Life Insurance subsequently initiated an information security assessment and data log…
Brazil’s central bank service provider hacked, $140M stolen
Do you need yet another reminder of the insider threat? Today’s example is from Brazil and involves an employee of a bank’s software vendor. CoinTelegraph reports: C&M Software, the service provider that connects Brazil’s Central Bank to local banks and other financial institutions, was hacked on Wednesday, leading to 800 million Brazilian reais ($140 million),…
Nova Scotia Power Data Breach Exposed Information of 280,000 Customers
As previously reported, Nova Scotia Power confirmed that it had been the victim of a ransomware attack in March but had not paid the ransom demands. They declined to publicly name the threat group or individual responsible. Their most recent incident update of June 25 provides some additional information for customers. On July 3, Nova…