Joe Pinkstone reports: SinVR, a virtual reality porn app with 20,000 members, had a huge security flaw that exposed the personal details of its members to potential hackers. SinVR is a app that allows people to explore different sexual scenarios and interact with various characters in the virtual world. London-based cybersecurity firm Digital Interruption found…
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UK: Council exposes details of vulnerable children and adults
It seems like only one year ago that I was posting a news story about a string of data protection breaches by employees at the Leicester City Council. Oh wait, it was a year ago. Now it appears that there is yet another breach. Stowe Family Law LLP reports: An unnamed person at Leicester City…
Thornhill man charged with selling 3 billion pieces of stolen digital info in LeakedSource.com case making court appearance Monday
Robert Cribb reports: A Thornhill man is scheduled to appear in court Monday charged with selling three billion pieces of stolen digital information belonging to people around the world — including online user names and passwords — through the infamous website Leakedsource.com. Jordan Evan Bloom, 27, is facing rare Canadian Criminal Code charges including trafficking…
Medical records of almost 180,000 patients handed to US firms connected to tobacco industry by British health officials, Telegraph probe reveals
Laura Donnelly reports: The medical records of British cancer victims have been handed to a controversial American firm working for one of the world’s biggest tobacco companies, the Daily Telegraph can reveal. The data covering almost 180,000 patients – every case of lung cancer diagnosed in England over a four year period – was given by…
Blackwallet hacked: Report
There are reports tonight that Blackwallet has been the victim of a DNS hijack. Blackwallet (web wallet) has apparently been hacked pic.twitter.com/HhewwBXnD9 — Kevin Beaumont (@GossiTheDog) January 14, 2018 This is the wallet, it’s about half a million quid worth. https://t.co/dFhDKcHjVQ — Kevin Beaumont (@GossiTheDog) January 14, 2018 Looking at the wallet in question, it…
Early Release Denied For Leader Of Russian Hackers Group Humpty Dumpty
RadioFreeEurope RadioLiberty reports: A court in Moscow has refused to grant early release to the leader of a group believed to be behind the hacking of high-profile Internet accounts, including the Twitter account of Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. The Lefortovo District Court on January 12 rejected a motion for the release on parole for Vladimir…