Connor Mycroft reports: Almost 900 Hong Kong people were victims of data breaches over the last month after fraudsters hijacked the WhatsApp accounts of social services and schools, the city’s privacy commissioner revealed on Thursday. The Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data said that fraudsters had hacked the WhatsApp accounts of five social welfare services…
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Au: Cybercriminals access patient information at Melbourne’s Royal Women’s Hospital
Rachael Ward reports: The private details of almost 200 patients being treated at a major Melbourne hospital may have been accessed by online criminals. On Thursday, the Royal Women’s Hospital notified 192 patients their data might have been compromised. The hospital says it has not been hit by a cyberattack and the breach was sparked by a…
Melissa: ransomware prevention partnership
From Politie, this press release: Driebergen – The Public Prosecution Service (OM), the police, the National Cyber Security Center (NCSC), Cyberveilig Nederland and various private parties* from the cybersecurity sector today signed the ‘Melissa’ covenant. Melissa is a partnership between these public and private parties to combat ransomware attacks. The shared goal is to make the Netherlands…
Today’s interview with Umbreon is brought to you by the letter “R.”
Today’s part of the interview with the hacker known as “Umbreon” is brought to you by the letter “R.” In this case,”R” is for Restitution, Remorse and Regrets, and Reparations. As with previous segments, this was conducted by telephone over days and weeks. The transcript has been edited for length and clarity. For those joining…
French national pleads guilty to fraud and aggravated identity theft
Past coverage on DataBreaches about Sebastien Raoult can be found linked from “Raoult.” Since he was first detained in 2022, both he and everyone involved in ShinyHunters have denied that he was ever part of that group, yet DOJ seems to have gotten him to plea to a conspiracy count involving ShinyHunters. From the plea…
ChildFund NZ discloses third-party breach
ChildFund in New Zealand has issued a public notice about a data breach involving a telemarketing company, Pareto Phone Limited. ChildFund had contracted with Pareto in 2014 to conduct fundraising activity on its behalf. ChildFund does not say when it may have stopped working Pareto, but Pareto suffered a cyberattack in April of this year…