Salkat Datta reports: A major security breach of the National Informatics Centre (NIC), which runs all the emails of senior officials and websites of all central government departments, allowed hackers to issue several fraudulent digital certificates, raising global concerns about India’s net security practices. The NIC is one of the select few authorised entities allowed…
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Global hacking attack hits four Hong Kong telecoms firms
Danny Lee reports: Four of the city’s biggest internet service providers fell victim to an international cyberattack that also affected 10,000 patients’ health records held by Chinese University. Servers at PCCW, Netvigator, Hong Kong Broadband Network (HKBN) and Hutchison Global Communications were among more than half a million targeted globally. The hackers succeeded in the…
SuperValu renews link with LoyaltyBuild
Caroline O’Doherty reports: SuperValu has resumed its leisure breaks scheme with the company that lost the personal details of more than 60,000 of its customers. The supermarket chain got back into business with Loyaltybuild after what it described as “a long period of consultation, during which Loyaltybuild made a significant investment updating its security features…
Canadian in Paddy Power breach: I purchased a lot of data for marketing, but I wasn’t the hacker
From CalvinAyre.com: Last week we reported in on a security breach at Paddy Power. The Irish gambling operator announced the breach after a database of 650K names, postal addresses, email addresses, phone numbers and account login information was discovered in the possession of a Canadian man. The Ontario Provincial Police have refused to name the man the…
UK: ICO fires warning to legal professionals following ‘troubling’ number of data breaches
Kate Fulton reports: The UK’s privacy watchdog has fired a warning to barristers and solicitors following a spate of data protection breaches by legal professionals. In a blog post, the ICO wrote that 15 incidents involving legal professionals breaching the Data Protection Act (DPA) have been reported in the last three months. Read more on TechRadar.
Unconfirmed claim: Anonymous Iran hacks Israeli job site, leaks personal details of 70k users
Wagas reports: A group of Iranian hackers going with the handle of Islamic Cyber Resistance (ICRG), who call themselves Anonymous as well have claimed to breach an Israeli job (http://www.zerem.co.il/) website and leak personal details of 70,000 registered users. The breach was conducted under the banner of #OpSaveGaza. In an exclusive email conversation, hackers from Islamic…