Henry Martin reports: A computer hacker who stole customer details from mobile network TalkTalk in a massive data breach which cost the company £77m in lost business is facing jail. Daniel Kelley, 21, was one of a group of cyber criminals behind the massive data breach in October 2015. The gang also demanded 465 bitcoin…
Category: Non-U.S.
Airbus data breach impacts employees in Europe
Catalin Cimpanu reports: European aerospace corporation Airbus disclosed today a security breach that impacted its commercial aircraft manufacturing business. The company said the security breach “resulted in unauthorised access to data.” According to a press release published earlier today, Airbus said that “some personal data was accessed,” but “mostly professional contact and IT identification details…
UK: Medical records end up in St Helena Hospice shop
Caroline Tilley reports: Dozens of confidential patient medical records were breached after they ended up in a charity shop, it has been revealed. More than 40 patients at Mersea Island Medical Practice were affected by the breach when a GP took the documents home and accidentally donated them to St Helena’s Hospice. Staff members realised…
Filipino Telecom giant Globe leaks customer registration data
Ray Walsh reports: Online reports have emerged that Filipino telecoms Globe Telecom Inc. has experienced a widespread data blunder. The major telecoms provider has allegedly leaked customer’s private details to fellow customers via email. The firm, one of the most popular in the Philippines, has around 60 million customers. On Friday, January 28, a string…
B&Q ‘exposed data about store thieves’
BBC reports: B&Q says it has taken action after being told that it exposed details of suspected store thieves to the net without password protection. The matter was brought to light by a security researcher last week. He said the DIY chain had taken the data offline, but was unable to get a response from…
Data of 14,200 Singapore patients with HIV leaked online by American fraudster who was deported from here
Chang AI-Lien reports: Confidential information of 14,200 people with HIV, including their names, contact details and medical information, has been stolen and leaked online, and the culprit is an American fraudster, the Ministry of Health revealed on Monday (Jan 28). Mikhy Farrera-Brochez, the man behind the leak, lived in Singapore from 2008 onward before being…