The Royal Gazette reports: Malicious hackers have made an unsuccessful attempt to break into the Bermuda Police Service’s computer network. According to Michael DeSilva, the Commissioner of Police, the system was “recently targeted in a ransomware attack” — referring to software that blocks access until a sum of money is paid. “Although the attack was…
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Sh0ping.su Hacked, Thousands of Credit Cards and Accounts Leaked
Waqas writes: … The hackers behind the leak claim to have leaked 16,000 ShOping.su’s registered accounts, 15,000 user accounts which were stolen from other sites and stored on the hacked servers and around 9000 credit card data. Hacked-DB, the data mining company who first discovered the data contacted HackRead with an in-depth analysis according to them the leaked data is…
Russian Police Arrests 50 Hackers in Its Largest Cybercrime Bust
Catalin Cimpanu reports: Russian authorities have conducted a large-scale raid that resulted in the arrest of 50 people suspected of being part of a cyber-criminal group that has stolen more than $45 million (3 billion rubles) from banks and other financial companies since 2011. Russia’s FSB (Federal Security Service, formerly KGB) reported yesterday that 18 of the…
Cowboys Casino warns personal information may have been leaked in data breach
Chris Bowen reports: Cowboys Casino is investigating a possible data breach after its computer system was the target of a cyber-attack. The establishment says its IT experts took immediate actions and they are confident they have secured the system. It’s believed some client, employee and corporate information including names, contact information, and other personal data…
No data stolen in hack: NSW Transport
Updating a previously noted incident. No credit card or personal data was stolen in last week’s breach of the NSW Trainlink online booking system, the transport department said today. Read more on ITnews (AU).
Ca: OSC Announces Sentences and Guilty Pleas in Hospital Privacy Breach Case
The OSC today announced that Nellie Acar, Esther Cruz, Polina (Poly) Edry and Subramanian Sulur entered guilty pleas to charges laid following an investigation by the OSC’s Joint Serious Offences Team (JSOT) related to the misuse of confidential patient information from the Rouge Valley Health System and the Scarborough Hospital. Acar pleaded guilty to one count of secret commissions…