Ada Hui and Wolfie Zhao of CoinDesk report: An Asian cryptocurrency exchange’s funds have been compromised in a security breach. The Singapore-headquartered digital asset exchange KuCoin said in a statement that it detected large withdrawals of bitcoin and ethereum tokens to an unknown wallet beginning at 19:05 UTC time on Friday. In a live stream on 4:30…
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Customers’ bank details stolen as hackers target Staffordshire firm
Richard Guttridge reports: Customers at an IT company say they have lost thousands of pounds after the firm’s website was hacked and their bank details stolen. Police are investigating following a data breach at Stone Refurb, formerly Encore PC, based in Stafford, which led to customers’ cash being taken. One said they lost more than…
Singapore: ShopBack, RedDoorz report breaches
Fabian Koh reports: Local authorities are investigating a data breach at home-grown e-commerce cashback platform ShopBack, after the firm made public an incident involving unauthorised access to customers’ personal data. Read more on The Straits Times. In other news, Clara Chong reports: Singapore-based hospitality start-up RedDoorz acknowledged on Saturday (Sept 26) that one of its…
NEET, JEE aspirants’ data available on public domain, Bhopal medical student seeks CBI probe
Parvathi Benu reports: In a complaint to the Central Bureau of Investigation, a medical student from Bhopal has accused 17 websites of leaking personal information of students who appeared for the Joint Entrance Examination and the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) (Undergraduate and Postgraduate). According to the complaint filed by Vivek Pandey, these websites…
Legal action underway over University of Cumbria data breach
Cumbria Crack reports: Students, staff and partners of universities across the UK who may have had their personal details leaked online are preparing to take legal action against the organisations amidst concerns that more should have been done to protect their data. Confidential information including names, dates of birth, addresses, phone numbers and email addresses…
4 Hackers Arrested in Poland in Nation-Wide Action Against Cybercrime
Today, the Polish authorities are announcing the arrest of 4 suspected hackers as part of a coordinated strike against cybercrime. Those arrested are believed to be among the most active cybercriminals in the country. This operation was carried out by the Polish Police Centre Bureau of Investigation (Centralne Biuro Śledecze Policji) under the supervision of…