AP reports: Belgian authorities said Wednesday that they have arrested a man who served jail time on terrorism charges over the theft of a computer hard drive containing autopsy reports about the victims of the suicide bombings in Brussels in 2016. Brussels prosecutor’s office spokesman Denis Goeman said the man, identified only by the initials…
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Another data breach? Amazon India leaks sellers information in tech error
Yuvraj Malik reports: A month after its global e-commerce site faced a technical glitch that left exposed user data, Amazon has suffered a similar malfunction this time to its India platform. Sources in know of the situation said that a glitch was reported internally last week that exposed some sellers’ private financial information to other…
SingHealth breach review recommends remedies that should already be basic security policies
Eileen Yu reports: A culmination of bad system management and undertrained IT staff, amongst other gaps, had resulted in Singapore’s most severe cybersecurity breach last July, according to the committee formed to review the events leading up to the SingHealth incident. […] The 454-page report published today outlined 16 recommendations the committee said were made…
HK: TransUnion in new apology amid leak fear
Jane Cheung reports: TransUnion has been forced to apologize again after it was discovered that unauthorized people could gain access to mortgage information on its website. Despite the apology, it refused to admit that any data leak had occurred, and said it has suspended the online search function and is improving security measures. Neona Wang,…
20 year-old German man, “Orbit,” has reportedly confessed to leaking politicians’ information
Kate Connolly reports: A 20-year-old man has admitted to police he was behind one of the country’s biggest data breaches in which the private details of almost 1,000 public figures were leaked. The man, who lives with his parents in the central German state of Hesse and is still in the education system, told police…
Canadian senator’s personal data leaked online in apparent Twitter hack
Rachel Gilmore and Mackenzie Gray report: Conservative Senator Linda Frum’s Twitter account was hacked Sunday night, with those responsible sharing personal information including her drivers licence and using racial slurs in their Tweets. “hi linda, can u drive us to the mall please?” read one Tweet. The Tweet then shared an image of both the…