U Sudhakar Reddy reports: The IT Grids case may not be the first FIR filed on basis of a complaint by the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) but the magnitude of the case is huge according to data security researchers. The case pertaining to the Sevamitra app designed by the company for the Telugu…
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Man convicted in Dubai for hacking 15 websites
Ali Al Shouk reports: A man was sentenced to three months in prison followed by deportation for hacking the server of a media company which was responsible for 15 client websites, a Dubai Court of First Instance heard yesterday. The 33-year-old Indian man was charged with hacking websites and issuing threats. He was handed a…
JP: Customer information stolen from popular luxury cruise train’s site
Kyodo News reports: Kyushu Railway Co. said Friday that personal and credit information on up to 8,000 customers were stolen from the goods store website for its “Seven Stars in Kyushu” luxury cruise train. The leaked information includes customers’ names, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, date of birth and type of work, according to JR…
Silk Road 2 Founder Dread Pirate Roberts 2 Caught, Jailed for 5 Years
Great reporting about Thomas White, aka DPR2, aka “The Cthulhu” by Joseph Cox on Motherboard.
Brexit: Home Office sorry for EU citizen data breach
Add this to any list of things requiring an apology? Ross Hawkins reports: The Home Office has apologised to hundreds of EU citizens seeking settled status in the UK after accidentally sharing their details. It blamed an “administrative error” for sending an email that revealed 240 personal email addresses – a likely breach of the…
Ottawa should impose cyber obligations on banks, says national security expert
Howard Solomon reports: Ottawa has to give Canadian banks more pointed direction to improve their ability to withstand cyber attacks, says the country’s former national security advisor. “Government legislatively has to impose obligations on financial institutions, much in the same way they have done with money laundering,” Richard Fadden told parliament’s Public Safety committee on…