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….
Category: Non-U.S.
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…
North Korean hackers move $3.2M from Gate.io 2018 hack
Monika Ghosh reports: North Korean hackers stole $234.33 million from Gate.io in 2018. Earlier this week, the hackers moved 1944.72 Ethereum (ETH) of the stolen funds, worth around $3.2 million at current prices, on-chain sleuth ZachXBT pointed out. The funds had been lying dormant for over 4.5 years, he noted. The hackers transferred Ethereum worth $3.1 million…
UK: Meta successfully resists certification in data privacy collective action
Jennifer Reeves, Simon Day, and Cameron Firth of MacFarlanes write: In an early victory for Meta, the Competition Appeal Tribunal has refused to certify a collective claim brought on behalf of some 45 million consumers by proposed class representative Dr Liza Lovdahl Gormsen (the “PCR”). Less than three weeks after the certification hearing, the Tribunal…