The Packet reports: A ‘transfer error’ has been blamed for a large breach in data protection at Cornwall Council, with personal information, details of staff salaries and payouts for redundancy sent to the wrong people. The council has admitted that “approximately” 50 employees were sent the letters relating to colleagues in the education health and social welfare directorate. The…
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Sweden’s Telia hit in new hacking attack
The Local reports: Swedish internet giant Telia was the victim of another hacking attack on Thursday night – the second in a week – with a hacking group apparently claiming responsibility. “It started just after 1 o’clock and seems to be the same kind of attack as before,” Henrik Johansson of Telia told the TT…
Ex-HSBC Employee Falciani Said Indicted on Swiss Bank Data Theft
Hugo Miller reports: A former computer technician for HSBC Holdings Plc (HSBA) “celebrated as a hero abroad” was indicted in Switzerland on charges of industrial espionage and violating the country’s bank secrecy laws, prosecutors said. The Swiss Attorney General’s office, without identifying the suspect as is its custom, said in a statement today that the country was prepared…
No legal protections in case of data theft
Charles Duncan reports: Cayman’s financial institutions face the same threats as any other financial centers around the globe, but local cybersecurity experts say people in Cayman may never find out if their personal information is stolen from a local bank. Banking regulations in Cayman don’t require banks to tell customers if their data has been…
SG: Hacker jailed 6 months for attacking Prime Minister’s Office website and other offences
Ian Poh reports: Undeterred by the Government’s warning that it would deal with those who threaten to attack Singapore’s cyber infrastructure, a hacking enthusiast tested his skills on the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) website. Mohammad Azhar Tahir, 28, was sentenced to two months’ jail on Monday for entering unauthorised computer code into the site on…
AliExpress WebSite Vulnerability Exposes Millions of Users’ Private Information (Updated)
The Hacker News reports: A critical, but easily exploitable personal information disclosure vulnerability has been discovered in the widely popular online marketplace AliExpress website that affects its millions of users worldwide.. […] Amitay Dan, an Israeli application security researcher working at Cybermoon.cc, reported the vulnerability to The Hacker News after providing full disclosure of the flaw to the AliExpress…