In response to allegations (noted in this blog post) that police had obtained Nicky Hager’s account information from Westpac without any court order, the following news release by Felix Geiringer on Hager’s behalf was issued today. Via Scoop: Several people, including news media, have been seeking comment from Nicky Hager and his legal team about…
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State Bank of Pakistan asks banks to submit details of Internet security breaches
The Daily Times reports: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has directed the banks to report in details about all established security breaches, its analysis and its designated payment systems department, on quarterly basis to explain the impact of security breaches on institution’s business, systems, applications and customers. The directives were issued in the SBP…
Anonymous Targets Thai Govt, Leaks Data from State-owned Telecom Firm
Waqas writes: Anonymous, the world famous hacktivist group, has now declared war on the Thai government due to its implementation of single internet gateway consolidation policy. CAT Telecom Pcl, the premier telecommunication website of Thailand, became the first target of Anonymous’ rage. […] Anonymous claims that the group managed to steal confidential details about the…
NZ: Law breach likely over Hager bank data
NZME reports: A legal expert says police have probably broken the law by obtaining the personal bank information of journalist Nicky Hager without a court order. Court records show detectives investigating the hacking of Whale Oil blogger Cameron Slater’s computer obtained nearly 10 months of transactions from Mr Hager’s accounts from Westpac without the legal…
B.C. privacy breach lawsuit against RCMP may expand
Jeremy Lye reports: A lawsuit citing an alleged privacy breach of two former Mounties’ medical files could be getting bigger. Derrick Ross and David Reichert filed a civil claim earlier this month that the RCMP unlawfully accessed their confidential counselling records without their knowledge. Meanwhile Rob Creasser of the Mounted Police Professional Association of Canada…
Russia ‘tried to hack MH17 inquiry system’
Phys.org reports: Russian spies likely tried to hack into the Dutch Safety Board’s computer systems to access a sensitive final report into the shooting down of flight MH17 over Ukraine, experts said Friday. The cyberattacks were revealed by security experts Trend Micro which blamed a shadowy group dubbed Operation Pawn Storm, “an active economic and…