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Major Cybercrime Crackdown: Encrypted Messenger Exclu Seized

Posted on February 7, 2023 by Dissent

Waqas reports: So far, authorities have arrested 48 people in connection with Exclu, discovered two drug labs and a cocaine-processing facility, and confiscated $4.3 million, several kilograms of drugs, and luxury items. European law-enforcement authorities have seized Exclu, an encrypted communication service that cybercriminals used as their primary channel to carry out organized crime, mainly…

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LockBit ransomware gang claims Royal Mail cyberattack

Posted on February 7, 2023 by Dissent

Sergiu Gatlan reports: The LockBit ransomware operation has claimed the cyberattack on UK’s leading mail delivery service Royal Mail that forced the company to halt its international shipping services due to “severe service disruption.” This comes after LockBitSupport, the ransomware gang public-facing representative, previously told BleepingComputer that the LockBit cybercrime group did not attack Royal Mail. Instead, they blamed the attack…

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Au: Sydney man avoids jail over scam texts using Optus hack data

Posted on February 7, 2023 by Dissent

Joanna Guelas reports: A 20-year-old man has evaded a potentially decade-long jail sentence after trying to scam $2000 from Optus customers affected by its September data breach. Dennis Su, 19 at the time, pleaded guilty in November to texting 92 Optus customers and demanding they transfer $2000 to a CBA bank account “or face their…

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Au: AMA calls for stronger laws to protect patient data

Posted on February 6, 2023 by Dissent

Fat Niebres reports: The Australian Medical Association (AMA) has called for stronger safeguards to protect patient data, saying laws must be in place to prevent security breaches and the use of health data to boost private profits. In a new position paper, the AMA pointed out the need for a broader national discussion on health…

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Taiwan car rental platform iRent plans compensation for data leak victims

Posted on February 4, 2023 by Dissent

Matthew Strong reports: Car rental and carshare platform iRent will prepare a compensation package for 400,000 clients deemed at risk from a recent leakage of private data, reports said Saturday (Feb. 4). The service, which is managed by Hotai Motor, the group manufacturing Toyota vehicles in Taiwan, was accused of having left users’ personal information…

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Iran crew stole Charlie Hebdo database, says Microsoft

Posted on February 4, 2023 by Dissent

Jessica Lyons Hardcastle reports: Microsoft believes the gang who boasted it had stolen and leaked more than 200,000 Charlie Hebdo subscribers’ personal information is none other than a Tehran-backed gang. On Friday, Redmond’s Digital Threat Analysis Center (DTAC) attributed the cyber-heist to Iran’s Neptunium, which the US Department of Justice tracks as Emennet Pasargad. The…

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