(Note: a patwarkhana seems to be a property registration office) Miscreants broke into the Jhuneer patwarkhana and tore records. They also broke open the room of patwari Ashok Kumar and stole documents late last night. […] As per details, the records, which were stolen, also included an assessment register, which contained the compensation record of…
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Interior Ministry: Hackers’ attack against Russian banks in 2015 affected Visa, MasterCard
TASS reports: An attack against the Russian banking system made by hackers last year compromised Visa and MasterCard international payment systems, representative of the Cybercrime Department of the Russian Interior Ministry Alexander Vurasko said on Thursday. “The specificity of that [hackers’] ring was that they managed to compromise the largest international payment systems, including Visa…
Hackers leak Thai prison data files in ongoing protest against Koh Tao convictions
Asian Correspondent staff report: Hackers on Wednesday leaked a trove of data files stolen from Thai prison websites in their ongoing protest over the conviction and treatment of two Burmese men sentenced to death for murdering two British tourists in Koh Tao in 2014. Associating themselves with the “Anonymous” collective of hackers, they claimed to have obtained…
Manitoba Victim Services discloses confidential information to wrong person
Sean Leslie reports: A voicemail left by a victim services worker revealed confidential information about an incident concerning the welfare of a child to a person with no connection to the people involved. The voicemail contains the names and birth dates of two parents, a case number and allegations of behavior that could affect the…
Israeli border police officer indicted for leaking personal information
Noam Dvir reports on yet another “little” breach that could cause big harm to individuals involved: A Border Police officer was on Wednesday indicted for abusing his authority and violating privacy, after he allegedly passed on a woman’s personal information to the far-right Lehava organization. The incident took place in December 2014, when the officer in question,…
UK: Computer hacker avoids jail after targeting young people online for entertainment
Here’s another case in the UK where you’re likely to ponder what the sentence might have been here in the U.S. The Warrington Guardian reports: A self-confessed IT geek who hacked into strangers’ computers for his own entertainment has escaped an immediate jail term. Ryan Thompson, of Hughes Avenue, Orford, was sentenced to six months in…