Canadian Press reports: A 22-year-old Laval man is facing multiple charges in connection with two police investigations into cybercrimes dating from 2018 and 2019. In a statement issued Tuesday, the RCMP said that Chris Tyrone Dracos had been charged in Quebec Court last Friday with unauthorized use of a computer and having obtained a device to…
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“Anonymous” hacktivists continue to try to help Ukraine
In response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a number of hacktivists have targeted Russia, hoping to be of help to Ukraine. It is not clear to what extent they have helped Ukraine by hitting the targets they have hit and leaking data, but here are two recent campaigns. Hacker Group Anonymous Leaks 35,000 Files Of…
Traffic at major Ukrainian internet service provider Ukrtelecom disrupted
Andrea Peterson reports: Web traffic from major Ukrainian internet service provider Ukrtelecom was disrupted Monday, causing one of the most widespread internet outages in the country since Russian troops invaded late last month. Ukrainian government officials attributed the disruption to a cyberattack. Read more at The Record.
UK: Confidential documents were blown into gardens in data breach
Adam Shaw reports: A North London council has suspended its bin collection provider from handling sensitive material after letters containing residents’ personal information were blown into gardens and gutters. Brent Council is investigating a “data breach” after council documents fell off a Veolia truck on its way to a depot in Croydon. Read more at…
Names and addresses of 620 FSB officers published in data breach
Tom Ball reports: The names and addresses of 620 people who are said to be FSB officers were published yesterday in what Kyiv said was a huge data breach of the Russian security agency. The Ukrainian directorate of intelligence claimed that the list included the personal details of agents engaging in “criminal activities” across Europe….
Ph: Fines for data privacy breach capped at P5 million
Ranier Allan Ronda reports: The National Privacy Commission (NPC) has set a ceiling of P5 million on fines imposed on data privacy violators, following a revision of its penalty system based on public consultations. The NPC presented its revised schedule of administrative fines set under the updated Circular on Administrative Fines and the scope of…