GRAND CAYMAN, CAYMAN ISLANDS – 28 August 2015 – The Cyber Incident Response Team Cayman (CIRT-KY ) announced today that it has been made aware of a cybersecurity breach – commonly known as a ‘hack’ – which has affected the security of the email addresses and passwords of thousands of eCay Trade account holders. CIRT-KY…
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Ashley Madison CEO Noel Biderman resigns after third leak of emails
Sam Thielman reports: The chief executive of extramarital affairs website Ashley Madison has left the company after a third leak of emails and suggestions that he had affairs despite earlier denials. “Effective today, Noel Biderman, in mutual agreement with the company, is stepping down as Chief Executive Officer of Avid Life Media Inc (ALM) and is no…
ICO raises concerns about data breach notification overload
From the where-have-I-heard-this-all-before dept.: The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) said it welcomed proposals outlined by the national governments that make up the EU which would restrict the cases where organisations would be required to notify data protection authorities and consumers of data breaches under the General Data Protection Regulation that EU law makers are currently…
Australian man sentenced for inciting others in #OpAustralia
DataBreaches.net has been following the case of Australian Mathew Hutchison, who was charged with inciting Indonesian members of Anonymous to attack Australian government web sites back in November, 2013. As reported previously, Hutchison pled guilty to one count of incitement and one count of possession of an illegal weapon (a laser pointer). Earlier this month, DataBreaches.net…
LizardStresser: Six people arrested in connection with Lizard Squad’s DDoS attack tool
Graham Cluley reports: British police have today announced the arrest of six people in connection with distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks that attempted to bring down websites belonging to – amongst others – a national newspaper, a school and a number of online retailers. The link between the attacks is that they all appear to have been conducted…
Data breach notification requirements in the Dubai International Financial Centre
Nick O’Connell of Al Tamimi & Company lays out the data breach notification requirements for entities doing business in Dubai. Although databreach notification to consumers is not required, it may be appropriate and could influence any penalties the entity might face for the breach. Read more about the expectations and requirements on Lexology.