Jacob Miley reports: Parents and workers at a child care centre broken into overnight say they’re disappointed more than anything. About $200 of charity money was taken, along with a back up hard drive with all the children’s names and the business’s financial records on it. Centre director Angela Watson said she was certain the…
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Ca: Cambridge woman launches $550-million class-action lawsuit against Equifax Canada following privacy breach
Jenny Yuen reports: A Cambridge woman is launching a $550-million class-action lawsuit against Equifax Canada after a massive cybersecurity breach may have compromised sensitive identity information of countless Canadians. Read more on Toronto Sun.
Notice of Canoe.ca data breach affecting 1 million site users
The free news and entertainment portal Canoe.ca, operated by MediaQMI Inc. and owned by Sun Media Corp. prior to 2015, wishes to inform users that some of its databases containing records from the period of 1996 to 2008 have been breached. Immediately after learning of the incident, on September 2nd, Canoe.ca launched a thorough investigation…
North Korea Hackers Step Up Bitcoin Attacks
Yuji Nakamura and Sam Kim report: North Korea appears to be stepping up efforts to secure bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, which could be used to avoid trade restrictions including new sanctions approved by the United Nations Security Council. Hackers from Kim Jong Un’s regime are increasing their attacks on cryptocurrency exchanges in South Korea and…
IE: AIB loses 550 bank customers’ confidential information
BreakingNews.ie. reports: RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta has reported this morning that confidential information relating to 550 customers of AIB in Co Galway was mislaid at the end of August. Customers of AIB in Salthill and An Spidéal received letters from the bank this week informing them of the incident. The information contained in the documents…
UP STF busts gang which hacked secure source code to crack Aadhaar, issued fake biometric cards
Shashank Shekhar reports: Damning details related to Aadhaar card security have emerged after the Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force on Sunday arrested 10 members of a gang allegedly involved in issuing fake biometric cards. Investigators told Mail Today that the gang members had not only hacked the secure ‘source code’ to access the application but…