Police in northeastern China’s border prefecture Yanbian said Friday they have detained two hackers who stole 450 million won (about 362,000 U.S. dollars) from online accounts at the Republic of Korea banks. The case involved the largest amount of money of its kind in China, said the public security bureau at a press conference in…
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Amuse reports leak, possible hack
Amuse Inc., a Japanese provider of management services for musicians and athletes, said credit card data and other personal information of 148,680 clients may have been stolen in a possible hacker attack from overseas. The Tokyo-based company said 34,097 credit card numbers and expiration dates were illegally accessed by a party using a server in…
Major credit card racket busted, 6 held
Panaji police busted an international credit card fraud involving cloning of cards and using them to gamble in offshore casinos in Goa on Friday. Police say they cracked the racket after arresting six persons from Mumbai and suspect that those arrested may allegedly be part of a group which either collected or hacked legitimate credit…
Inquiry after passports found in punchbag
The Home Office has launched an “urgent investigation” after two brothers found thousands of scraps of passports, chequebooks and prescription pads in a punchbag [Note: in the U.S., punching bag]. Simon and Richard Coe discovered personal data, including signatures and photos, torn up into thousands of small pieces. Much of the personal information contained in…
Stolen laptop contained playgroup’s information
Children’s details stored on a Lincoln play group’s laptop are still missing after the console was stolen. Information about youngsters who attend Abbey Play Group, based at Croft Street Community Centre off Monks Road, was on the computer, a court heard. Thief Darren Philip David Jude, 21, stole the laptop from his girlfriend’s home. He…
Employees sacked for ID card data breach
The database in question holds data on 92 million people in the U.K. About 200,000 people have access to it. If they cannot adequately secure the database from misuse by employees, well……. Nine local authority workers have been sacked after illegally accessing personal details of the public held on the government’s national identity database. In…