Jono Thomson reports: An investigation into the leak of 23 million items of personal data, including that of the relatives of Vice President Lai Ching-te (賴清德) and Secretary-General of the National Security Council Wellington Koo (顧立雄), has concluded the hacker responsible was a Chinese national. Read more at Taiwan News. According to a machine translation of…
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TELUS investigating leak of stolen source code, employee data
Ax Sharma reports: Canada’s second-largest telecom, TELUS is investigating a potential data breach after a threat actor shared samples online of what appears to be employee data. The threat actor subsequently posted screenshots that apparently show private source code repositories and payroll records held by the company. TELUS has so far not found evidence of corporate or retail customer…
Au: The Good Guys warns of customer data leak
Richard Chirgwin reports: The Good Guys is the latest company to reveal that some of its customer leaked in a historical data breach at My Rewards. According to The Good Guys’ notification, the breach occurred at My Rewards, known at the time of the breach as Pegasus Group, a provider of loyalty program software and services….
Nl: Three arrested in massive hacking, data theft and blackmail probe; One was a whitehat researcher
DutchNews.nl reports: Amsterdam’s cyber crime police team has arrested three young men as part of a major investigation into hacking, data theft, blackmail and money laundering involving the private details of tens of millions of people. The three, aged 21 and 18, were picked up on January 23 and two have been restricted to contact…
Russian Malware Developer Arrested And Extradited To The United States
From the U.S.A.O., Middle District of Florida, February 22: Tampa, Florida – United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the arrest and extradition of Dariy Pankov a/k/a “dpxaker.” Pankov is charged with conspiracy, access device fraud, and computer fraud. If convicted on all counts, he faces a maximum penalty of 47 years in federal prison….
Chinese security researchers claim to have identified ‘Against The West’ hackers
Alexander Martin reports: Researchers from the Chinese cybersecurity company Qi An Pangu Lab believe they have identified six members of the “Against The West” hacking group, according to a report published Sunday by state-controlled media. The report implicitly alleges without evidence that the hackers are connected to or sponsored by Western nation-states. The six display…