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…
Category: Non-U.S.
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…
Schoolboy in TalkTalk case can take identity challenge case
News Letter reports: A Co Antrim schoolboy arrested over the TalkTalk cyber attack has won the right to challenge an alleged failure to implement legislation that would protect him from media identification. He was granted leave at the High Court in Belfast today to seek to judicially review the Department of Justice over claims it…
AU: Pair facing 10 years jail for allegedly hacking student’s Facebook and deleting his uni enrolment data
Ken McGregor reports: A young man and woman who allegedly deleted a student’s university enrolment in five subjects and hacked his Facebook and email accounts face up to a decade in jail if convicted of the cybercrime. Jake Anthony Parker Davis, 21, of Port Noarlunga South, and Sarah Ruqayyah Salah, 22, of Melrose Park, have pleaded…