ERR reports: The Central Criminal Police and the Office of the Prosecutor General have initiated an international search for a Moroccan citizen suspected of last year unlawfully accessing and downloading data from a customer card system managed by Allium UPI. Allium UPI is the parent company of the Apotheka pharmacy chain. Based on evidence collected…
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Dutch Government: More forms of espionage to be a criminal offence from 15 May onwards
From the Government of the Netherlands: More forms of espionage, such as digital and diaspora espionage, are to be a criminal offence from 15 May onwards. To achieve this a new criminal provision is being added to the Dutch Criminal Code. The government wants the law to protect national security, public safety, critical infrastructure and…
B.C. health authority faces class-action lawsuit over 2009 data breach (1)
Brendan Shykora reports: B.C.’s Interior Health Authority (IH) has been served a class-action lawsuit over a data breach in 2009 that allegedly exposed thousands of employees’ sensitive information, which ended up sold on the dark web. Filed in B.C. Supreme Court Thursday, May 22, the lawsuit claims the breach compromised the personal information of employees who worked for IH between…
Mysterious hacking group Careto was run by the Spanish government, sources say
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai reports: More than a decade ago, researchers at antivirus company Kaspersky identified suspicious internet traffic of what they thought was a known government-backed group, based on similar targeting and its phishing techniques. Soon, the researchers realized they had found a much more advanced hacking operation that was targeting the Cuban government, among others….
Gujarat ATS arrests 18-year-old for cyberattacks during Operation Sindoor
Maulik Pathak reports: The Gujarat Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) has arrested 18-year-old Jasim Shahnawaz Ansari from Nadiad who, along with other juvenile accomplices, orchestrated multiple cyberattacks against several Indian government websites, especially amid Operation Sindoor, India’s military response following the Pahalgam terror attack. “The accused, a 12th-grade dropout, gained expertise in various programming languages, but his…
Hackers Nab 15 Years of UK Legal Aid Applicant Data
Akshaya Asokan reports: Hackers stole from the U.K. Ministry of Justice personal information pertaining to criminal defendants in need of an attorney, the British government disclosed Monday. The ministry on Monday said it detected on April 23 a breach that targeted the Legal Aid Agency, which provides legal assistance advice in England and Wales primarily in criminal…