Jan Vermeulen reports: Internet Solutions (IS) has confirmed that its internal monitoring systems have detected “irregular activity” on some of its virtual services. This comes after the company sent a notice to clients to warn them about a breach – and urged them to change their passwords and take additional steps to secure their servers….
Category: Non-U.S.
Boots cover up breach of confidentiality; over 400 lost ‘prescriptions’ from its Chaddesden store
Russell Pollard reports: Around 400 people who picked up their prescribed medication from the Boots store on St Mark’s Road in Chaddesden, in early September, should be concerned, and should be asking some serious questions of Boots. The original versions of their ‘prescriptions’ were lost from the store – the whereabouts of their personal data…
Saudi Arabia’s ‘Davos in the Desert’ website was hacked and defaced
Zack Whittaker reports: The website of the Saudi government’s upcoming Future Investment Initiative conference was hacked and defaced with images of the murdered Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Several reporters tweeted screenshots of the site after its defacement, purporting to show Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman — the kingdom’s de facto ruler — brandishing a sword….
Paytm data theft case: Founder Vijay Shekhar’s kin says stolen data includes ‘photos, financial details’
Priyanka Saha reports: An extortion bid and a threat to leak out “some photos and personal financial details” have led to the arrest of Sonia Dhawan, a long-time secretary of Vijay Shekhar Sharma and the vice president, corporate communications of online payments firm Paytm. Others arrested are her husband Rupak Jain and an admin person…
Bombardier takes Mitsubishi to court, accuses it of ‘data’ theft
The Asahi Shimbun reports: The beleaguered manufacturer of the Mitsubishi Regional Jet is being sued by Canada’s Bombardier Inc. on grounds it unlawfully obtained trade secrets. Montreal-based Bombardier filed a lawsuit Oct. 19 at the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington state in Seattle against Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp., claiming the company unlawfully…
Trade.io Suffers a Rare Cold Wallet Hack as it Loses $7.8 Million U.S. Dollars
Nilesh Maurya reports: Unfortunately, hacks have been pretty common with cryptocurrency exchanges across the globe. But what Trade.io, a lesser-known Switzerland-based cryptocurrency platform, suffered was a rare attack as it affected the exchanges cold wallet. According to the post released on the exchanges Medium blog, the exchange’s security team was alerted to a suspicious transaction…