CTV reports: A collection of personal and private information stolen during the Casino Rama cyberattack has been dumped online. A five gigabyte file containing more than 14,000 documents was uploaded to a torrent website on Monday. The information belongs to people who’ve won big at the casino and former employees. The files contain social insurance…
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Two ‘computer hackers’ accused of breaking into TalkTalk’s servers in a data breach that cost the firm £42m will stand trial next year
Joseph Curtis reports: Two suspected computer hackers accused of targeting mobile network TalkTalk and stealing their customer banking details will stand trial in July next year. Matthew Hanley, 21, and Connor Allsopp, 19, are said to be involved in the massive data breach in October last year, said to have cost the company £42million in lost…
Pentester Kapustkiy leaks data from Indian Regional Council Server
Bobdon Popa reports: Security pentester Kapustkiy has managed to break into the Eastern Indian Regional Council server and access the data of no less than 17,000 students, in an attempt to show once again how vulnerable websites belonging to some authorities across the world actually are. This breach comes just only a few days after…
Santa sabotaged: Mass data theft from children’s letters to Father Frost in Russia
RT reports: Parents beware! A data breach has been discovered somewhere it was least expected. The Russian telecom watchdog has tracked 55 websites which disclose personal data from the online letters children write to Father Frost (the Russian version of Santa Claus) ahead of the New Year. “We’ve discovered 55 websites that sabotage the work…
Department of National Defence investigating possible hack of its recruiting site
Lee Berthiaume reports: The federal government was unable to say Thursday whether any personal information of potential military recruits was stolen during what appears to have been a hack of a National Defence website. Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale said federal officials were investigating after people trying to access the military’s recruiting website were instead directed to…
UK: KCL staff offered emotional support, clergy chat to help get over data loss
This might seem more appropriate on Saturday Night Live as a skit, except that it’s not a joke. Alexander J. Martin reports that King’s College London is offering its staff “counseling and prayers to help them get over the data loss suffered during October’s catastrophic IT failure.” The latest missive from management, which stresses it is “particularly mindful”…