Gerard Couzens reports: A Portuguese hacker named as the cyber criminal behind Football Leaks has been arrested in Hungary. The 30-year-old, who media in Lisbon are claiming is a university dropout called Rui Pinto, was held following a lengthy investigation by Portugal’s Policia Judiciaria. Pinto has been forced to deny he is the mystery individual…
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Ca: Laurentian student who tried to help university by hacking computer system pleads guilty in court
Erik White reports: Nearly two years after the Friday night when he decided to test out the computer system at Laurentian University, Spencer Brydges pleaded guilty Wednesday in a Sudbury courtroom. Back in 2017, the comptuer science student was surprised that he could access the personal information of professors and other students. Brydges then reported…
PH: Updated claims: No passport data loss, breach
Roy Mabasa and PNA report: Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. on Tuesday backpedaled from his earlier allegations that French contractor Oberthur reportedly ran away with the data of millions of passport applicants when its contract was abruptly terminated by the Philippine government in 2013. “Data is not run-away-able but made inaccessible. Access denied,” Locsin…
UK: Computer hacker who targeted former employer ordered to pay £20,000 compensation
Ian Hughes reports: A hacker has been ordered to pay £20,000 compensation to a Warwickshire company he used to work for. Samir Desai, of Grange Drive, Sutton Coldfield, caused ‘significant disruption and financial loss’ to the firm which was not named. The 41 year-old was arrested as part of an investigation by the Regional Cyber…
Cryptopia Notifies Its Users of Security Breach With Substantial Losses
Viraj Shah reports: Cryptopia, a cryptocurrency exchange based in New Zealand recently announced that it had been hacked and suffered significant losses. The exact details of the hack and how much the exchange has lost remain vague at this point with just a few tweets from the exchange providing a small amount of information. Read…
Employees sacked, CEO fined in SingHealth security breach
Eileen Yu reports: Two employees have been sacked and five senior management executives, including the CEO, fined for their role in Singapore’s most serious security breach, which compromised personal data of 1.5 million SingHealth patients. Further enhancements also will be made to beef up the organisation’s cyber defence, in line with recommendations dished out by…