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…
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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…
SG: No other user data compromised after app glitch, Singtel clarifies
Clifford Lee reports A technical glitch led to the personal details, including the residential address, of a single Singtel customer to be revealed to other customers when they logged-in to their My Singtel mobile application on Monday night (Feb 29), sparking fears that more data had been compromised. Read more on Today.
ZM: High Court charges 3 Bulgarians in ATM fraud case
Abigail Sitenge reports on a situation in Zambia: High Court deputy director of court operations Joshua Banda has placed three Bulgarians on their defence in a case where they are charged with unauthorised access or interception to data and theft. Allegations are that Milko Stayanov Kostadivov, 44, Hristo Ivanon Donkon, 39, and Hassan Alwe Al…
UK: IS hackers attack solar energy firm
BBC reports: Hackers supporting the Islamic State group launched an attack on a small solar energy company in Sussex with just 11 members of staff. The so-called Caliphate Cyber Army (CCA) said it took down the Solar UK site in revenge for a drone strike which killed Junaid Hussain, a British hacker in Syria. It later…