Sudan Tribune reports: South Sudan has vowed not to expel any member of Huawei, a Chinese technological company it accused of allegedly forging documents on behalf of its information minister. This comes a day after the country’s authorities ordered an investigation into allegations that Huawei had hacked its systems. Read more on Sudan Tribune.
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KR: Three former Kia Motors employees indicted for trade secrets breach
Another insider breach for competitive advantage. This one doesn’t seem to involve customer data. Yonhap News reports: Three former employees of Kia Motors Corp., South Korea’s No. 2 automaker, have been indicted on charges of leaking confidential information to a Chinese competitor, Seoul prosecutors said Friday. The suspects, including a former member of the board…
Saudi hacker claims to have leaked Israeli gift store customer data online
Waqas writes: A Saudi hacker going with the handle of @security_511 / on Twitter has claimed to hack a private online Israeli gift store and leak credit card details of customers on the web. After scanning the data, we have found out full usernames of credit/debit card owners with their phone numbers, addresses, date of birth, card type, card numbers, expiration date and…
South Korean Internet Regulator Confirms Data Breach at Popular Video Sharing Site
James Lim reports: Pandora TV Co. Ltd., the South Korea-based operator of the country’s biggest video sharing website, lost 114,707 pieces of personal information during two confirmed intrusions in September, an official at the Korea Communications Commission (KCC) told Bloomberg BNA Oct. 22. “Based on what we have found so far, 7.4 million pieces of…
Data breach disclosure law could bring fines in Canada
Jennifer Brown reports: Fines are an established punishment for data breaches south of the border and they could soon be coming to Canada. […] Bill S-4, the digital privacy act, introduced earlier this year in the Senate, would amend the Personal Information and Electronic Documents Act. It was introduced in April and is now before…
Huge amounts of personal data stolen, offered for sale in Vietnam
The personal data of hundreds of thousands of people has been stolen, classified, listed and then offered for sale on the Internet for up to US$1,650 per database. […] Notably, among the lists is one that includes 3,400 people with a savings account at a major bank, showing all of their deposits and the balance….