BBC reports: UKIP has suspended its leader and three other members after they were accused of stealing data from the party. An email to all members from chairman Kirstan Herriot said she was “forced to take serious action” against Richard Braine, Tony Sharp, Jeff Armstrong and Mark Dent. This included reporting them to Action Fraud…
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Blame uni’s lax security for data leak, says UM hacker
There’s more on the University of Malay breach noted yesterday. MalaysiaKini is reporting: MrX’, which claimed to be the hacker who yesterday dumped vast amounts of personal data belonging to University of Malaya (UM) staff, said the varsity is to blame for the data breach due to its lax online security. “Guess who? Security is…
Universiti Malaya: No data compromised in E-Pay portal hack
Angelin Yeoh and Christina Chin report: No data or information was compromised after the Universiti Malaya (UM) E-Pay Cashless Payment and Records portal was hacked, according to the university. The portal, which was inaccessible since late Thursday night after it was defaced with a message that included hashtags #NoRasis and #UndurVC, is expected to be…
NZ: Commerce Commission obtains court order to protect ‘sensitive’ information from stolen computer
1NewsNow reports: The Commerce Commission has obtained a Court order to help protect the confidentiality of sensitive information stored on a computer stolen from one of its external providers. Police are investigating the theft after the Commission was informed last week that more than 200 meeting and interview transcripts across a range of the commission’s…
Dutch pharma group Pharming denies involvement in CSL data breach
Carrie LaFrenz reports: Dutch pharma company Pharming Group NV said it “categorically denies“ any involvement in an alleged data breach by a former CSL staffer. Shares in the listed €698 million ($1.14 billion) biotech company recovered in early trade Thursday after tumbling nearly 12 per cent the day before in Europe, after it was revealed…
Stealthy Russian Hacker Group Resurfaces With Clever New Tricks
Andy Greenberg reports: In the notorious 2016 breach of the Democratic National Committee, the group of Russian hackers known as Fancy Bear stole the show, leaking the emails and documents they had obtained in a brazen campaign to sway the results of the US presidential election. But another, far quieter band of Kremlin hackers was inside…