Seen on haveibeenpwned.com: 1,476,783 accounts dumped: In February 2016, the Russian portal and email service KM.RU was the target of an attack which was consequently detailed on Reddit. Allegedly protesting “the foreign policy of Russia in regards to Ukraine”, KM.RU was one of several Russian sites in the breach and impacted almost 1.5M accounts including sensitive personal information….
Category: Non-U.S.
MTISC-GOG investigation finds no evidence of breach
There’s a follow-up to a post concerning a possible data breach involving Maritime Trade Information Sharing Centre, Gulf of Guinea (MTISC-GOG). A statement from BIMCO had suggested that there had been a breach that could put ships at greater risk of attacks by pirates. DataBreaches received the following statement from LT(GN) Felix Tsekpetse, Officer in…
PH: Police arrest 27 sextortionists
Francis Wakefield reports: The Philippine National Police-Anti-Cybercrime Group arrested 27 persons allegedly involved in sextortion activities in an operation in Cabanatuan City Tuesday. Senior Supt Guilermo Lorenzo Eleazar, PNP-ACG director, said that the suspects were arrested inside the office of TLS Synergy Group, an online marketing firm in Cabanatuan City. Read more on Tempo.
BIMCO: Security Breach in Anti-Piracy Program
No, it’s not copyright piracy we’re talking about here. MarEx reports: On Monday, BIMCO [Baltic and International Maritime Council] and The Standard Club issued a warning regarding an alleged security breach in the Maritime Trade Information Sharing Center (sic), Gulf of Guinea (MTISC-GoG), potentially resulting in the release of ships’ data to pirates. The breach has…
UK: Confidential records of 37 Derriford Hospital patients discarded in Truro charity clothing bank
WBGayle reports: Dozens of people’s medical records were found discarded in a charity clothing bank in Truro. Patients receiving care at Derriford Hospital in Plymouth say they were left “shocked” and “disgusted” after learning their records had been put in the bin by a former member of staff at the hospital. The documents contained each patient’s…
UK: Norwich & Peterborough tighten security after criminals target ATMs in the city
It sounds like a lot of customers had their accounts robbed by skimmers placed on Norwich & Peteborough Building Society ATMs. Of note, it seems that if this thing happens on the weekend and you call their helpline, they can’t do anything useful like freeze or cancel your account? That’s bad for consumers, good for criminals. Read…