Valentin Khorounzhiy reports: Mercedes has formally filed a lawsuit against Ferrari-bound engineer Benjamin Hoyle, alleging that he was looking to take sensitive data to the Italian manufacturer. As reported by Bloomberg, Hoyle, who works as a Performance Application Team Leader for Mercedes AMG, informed the manufacturer earlier this year that he would resign at the end…
Category: Non-U.S.
Hong Kong government praised for world-leading data protection protocols despite weaknesses exposed by hacking of VTech
Jack Liu reports: As Hong Kong reels from last month’s hacking of children’s toy maker VTech, global telecoms experts say the city is still one of the world’s leading lights in terms of the importance it places on protecting data privacy. “Hong Kong is at or near the top of the list in addressing the cyber security privacy…
EU law makers reach deal on new network and information security rules
Out0Law.com reports: Representatives from the European Parliament and Council of Ministers reached a political consensus on the wording of a new Network and Information Security (NIS) Directive after nearly two years of negotiations. The draft Directive, still to be formally approved by MEPs and the Council, will require businesses subject to it to put in…
Personal data of Dutch telecom providers extremely poorly protected: how I could access 12+ million records #phonehousegate
Words fail. Just read this post by Sijmen Ruwhof.
Hacks, hacks, everywhere, Monday edition
“Rubber” (@smitt3nz on Twitter) has been busy, it seems. Here are just some of the hacks and data dumps posted in that Twitter account over the past few months. 784 users of chickencycles.co.uk had their usernames and passwords hacked and leaked. Some of the passwords were cracked and the cracks provided. 1,710 users of artrookie.co.uk had their usernames, encrypted…
In: Five booked in online data theft case, bail denied
Following up on a case previously noted on this blog…. Nishikant Karlikar reports: The anticipatory bail plea filed by five former top executives of Naaptol, a home shopping firm, was rejected by the district sessions court recently. The five were booked by the Navi Mumbai police for allegedly stealing and selling the company’s data to…