Beau Donelly reports: A government authority has leaked the billing and contact details of Victorians online, but decided against telling affected customers even though the privacy breach posed a “medium to high” level threat. The undisclosed state authority responsible for the breach notified Privacy Victoria about problems affecting its online payment system after discovering the…
Category: Non-U.S.
Hacker claims to have infiltrated Chester, NY website as well as Pakistani & Ukrainian govt sites
Nathan Mayberg reports: What does the town of Chester have in common with the Pakistan Ministry of Commerce and the Ukranian government? Their websites were all allegedly hacked by someone claiming to be associated with the international hacking group Anynomous. Last week, a hacker with the Twitter tag @anonymousglobo posted links to what is allegedly…
Student Freya Newman pleads guilty to hacking Frances Abbott design scholarship files
There’s an update to this incident. Nicola Berkovic reports that Freya Newman pleaded guilty. She faces up to two years in jail when she’s sentenced next month.
300,000 K Box users’ information hacked and leaked by hackers protesting toll charges increase
Irene Tham reports: Attempts to fix the website of troubled karaoke bar chain K Box after the personal data of over 300,000 customers was exposed on Tuesday have led to the website being intermittently unavailable today. A company representative said its technical staff has been testing its computer systems, but did not provide details. […]…
Hackers lock up thousands of Australian computers, demand ransom
Ben Grubb reports: Thousands of Australian computers are being locked up by hackers using malicious software that encrypts files and asks for a ransom to make them available again. Fairfax Media understands Australian government agencies and a number of large enterprises and individuals have been successfully targeted by the scam. Called “Cryptolocker” and “CryptoWall”, the…
SG: M1 probed for ‘data breach’ over sales of new iPhone
Kelly Tay reports: M1 is being investigated by the Personal Data Protection Commission (PDPC), after an apparent security breach on its website on Monday compromised customers’ personal information. […] The kerfuffle began on Monday, when M1 had to suspend pre-orders for the new Apple iPhone 6 and 6 plus, after uncovering a “potential security breach”….