Benjamin Butterworth reports: At least five medics are being investigated over accusations they illicitly accessed Sir Alex Ferguson’s medical records while he was fighting for his life. Britain’s most successful football manager, who managed Manchester United from 1986 to 2013, received care for a brain haemorrhage at Salford Royal hospital in May. Two doctors, a…
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In: Ex-employee who stole firm’s data sold to competitor arrested
PTI reports: An ex-employee, accused of stealing data of a US-based recruitment firm and selling it to its competitor, was arrested here Friday, police said. The accused, Arun Kumar Pandey, in his late 20s, was arrested near Sab Mall in Sector 27 of the city, a police official said. A complaint was made by the…
After Microsoft complaints, Indian police arrest tech support scammers at 26 call centers
Catalin Cimpanu reports: New Delhi police have arrested 63 suspects in the last two months working and operating 26 call centers that were engaging in tech support scams, posing as tech support staff at Microsoft, Google, Apple, and other major tech companies. The raids on Delhi-based call centers have taken place over the last two…
Sky Brasil exposes data of 32 million subscribers
Catalin Cimpanu reports: As security experts predicted since last year, ElasticSearch servers –a technology for powering search functions– are becoming the next big source of massive data leaks. The latest company to be added to the list of breach incidents caused by an exposed ElasticSearch server is Sky Brasil, one of the biggest subscription television…
ElasticSearch server exposed the personal data of over 57 million US citizens
Catalin Cimpanu reports: An ElasticSearch server that was left open on the Internet without a password has leaked the personal information of nearly 57 million Americans for almost two weeks, ZDNet has learned. The leaky server was spotted by Bob Diachenko, Director of Cyber Risk Research for cyber-security firm Hacken, during a regular security audit…
Singapore State Courts’ digital files accessed illegally due to system loophole
Eileen Yu reports: Singapore’s State Courts has revealed that several digital documents have been accessed without proper authorisation due to a loophole in a filing system. The Integrated Criminal Case Filing and Management System (ICMS) was used in court for criminal proceedings and to support an Accused Person online portal. The portal could be accessed…