Franz Wild, Ed Siddons, and Simon Lock report: A multimillion-pound high court case between an authoritarian Gulf emirate and an Iranian-American businessman has revealed how hacked evidence is being used by leading law firms to advance their clients’ claims. The case has included allegations that a former Metropolitan Police officer hired Indian hackers and that…
Category: Non-U.S.
North Korean Hacking Group Tied to $100M Harmony Hack Moves 41,000 Ether Over Weekend
Shaurya Malwa reports: Pseudonymous blockchain sleuth ZachXBT said on Monday that part of the funds tied to last year’s $100 million attack on the Harmony network were moved over the weekend. “North Korea’s Lazarus Group had a very busy weekend, moving $63.5 million (~41,000 ETH) from the Harmony bridge hack through Railgun before consolidating funds…
The Unexpected Effect of the Introduction of Mandatory Breach Notification Requirements in Québec
Charles S. Morgan, Daniel G.C. Glover, and Eugen Miscoi of McCarthy Tétrault LLP write: Since September 22, 2022, organizations doing business in Québec have to report any confidentiality incidents (i.e., privacy breaches) that cause a risk of serious injury, due to the partial entry into force of An Act to modernize legislative provisions as regards the…
Bits ‘n Pieces (Trozos y Piezas)
ES: City Council of Durango “Completely Paralyzed” by Cyberattack The City Council of Durango in Biscay reports it is “completely paralyzed” by a cyberattack last Saturday. The news site Durangon quotes the Deputy Mayor, Iker Urkiza (machine translation) that the ‘hacking “has been serious” and that it will paralyze their computer systems “for weeks.” According…
Canada’s Okanagan College warns of potential privacy breach after cyber attack
On Wednesday, CBC reported: Nearly 16,000 students and 1,200 staff at Okanagan College are still unable to access campus network services after a cyber attack earlier this week. In a written statement Wednesday, college president Neil Fassina said the institution’s information technology services team uncovered a cyber security attack on Monday at around 6:15 a.m….
Zurich Japan hit by data breach with 750,000 users’ info stolen; Aflac Insurance also hit
Switzerland Times reports that Zurich Japan auto insurance was the victim of a cyberattack. Media reports on Monday reported the outflow of data from 2.6 million customers from the East Asian country. In fact, data from 757,463 former customers of a local car insurance product are affected, as the insurance group specified to AWP on…