Jason Roberts reports on a case in the Isle of Man: A man’s asked to represent himself as he awaits sentencing for computer hacking and data theft. 47 year old John Henry Griffin of Mona Drive in Douglas was convicted of two offences of unauthorised access of data and two of unlawful obtaining of personal…
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Europol Teams up with Industry Experts to Combat Phishing
Press Release From 26 March to 27 March, Europol hosted a joint meeting of the EC3 Advisory Groups on Financial Services, Internet Security and Communication Providers, gathering 70 industry representatives to discuss the cyber-threat of phishing. Over the course of two days, global financial institutions, internet security companies and telecommunications providers shared insights into how…
Ca: Sunniva reports filing of class action lawsuit regarding privacy breach
CISO Magazine reports: PRNewswire: Sunniva Inc. recently reported that it has been named in a class action lawsuit, along with its wholly owned subsidiary, Natural Health Services Ltd. (“NHS”), in connection with a privacy breach of the Electronic Medical Record (“EMR”) system used by NHS. Sunniva and NHS will defend this action. NHS identified that…
Rela, a Chinese lesbian dating app, exposed 5 million user profiles
Zack Whittaker reports: Rela (热拉), a popular dating app for gay and queer women, has exposed millions of user profiles and private data because a server wasn’t protected with a password. Rela disappeared from app stores in May 2017 after it was reportedly shut down by Chinese regulators, though the government never confirmed it took…
Spain: FBI offered data stolen in N. Korean raid
AP reports: Spain has issued at least two international arrest warrants for members of a self-proclaimed human rights group who allegedly led a mysterious raid at the North Korean Embassy in Madrid last month and offered the FBI stolen data from the break-in. Read more on The Japan News.
Cybersecurity researchers find security flaws in Likud, Labor party Android apps
Shoshanna Solomon reports: Researchers at Israeli cybersecurity firm Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. said Wednesday that they had found “serious security breaches” granting access to “highly sensitive personal information” in the Android phone apps of the Likud and Labor parties. “There has been much talk of impact attacks on social networks and we learn more…