Edward Chan reports: China signaled its intent to ban cryptocurrency mining, dealing a fresh blow to an industry buffeted by tumbling virtual currency prices, stiff competition and waning investor interest. The National Development Reform Commission, the country’s powerful economic planner, this week listed crypto-mining among a plethora of industries it intends to eliminate because they…
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Zain Qaiser: Student jailed for blackmailing porn users worldwide
Dominic Cacsiani reports: A student who made hundreds of thousands of pounds blackmailing pornography website users with cyber attacks has been jailed. Zain Qaiser from Barking, London, used his programming skills to scam visitors to pornography sites around the world. Investigators have discovered about £700,000 of his profits – but his network may have made…
AU: ASD confirms data stolen in Parliament IT breach
Justin Hendry reports: Australian Signals Directorate chief Mike Burgess has confirmed data was stolen by a state-sponsored actor during February’s malicious attack against Parliament House. In what appears to be the first public admission of the data exfiltration, Burgess told senate estimates last week that a limited amount of non-confidential data had made its way…
B.C. privacy czar urges fast reporting of security breaches
Louise Dickson and Lindsay Kines report: In the wake of a privacy breach at the B.C. Pension Corporation, B.C.’s privacy commissioner is once again calling on the provincial government to compel public and private bodies to report privacy breaches to his office within days of discovery. Michael McEvoy said the case clearly demonstrates why B.C….
Hacker Claims They Breached Israel’s Voter Registry Three Days Before Election
Refaella Goichman reports: A hacker claimed Saturday evening that they broke into Israel’s voter registry and stole information on six million Israelis, only three days before Tuesday’s Knesset election. The hacker, known as DarkCoder, tweeted that as part of the annual OpIsrael cyberattack against Israel’s digital infrastructure, they have successfully hacked the voter database. But…
UK: Law Firm Launches $6.5 Million Action Against Ticketmaster Over Data Breach
Richard Smirke reports: A British law firm has launched a £5 million ($6.5 million) legal action against Ticketmaster following last year’s security breach, which is believed to have affected up to 40,000 U.K. customers. […] The U.K. arm of Ticketmaster detected a major security breach on June 23, 2018 when it identified malicious software on…