Elhanan Miller reports: Computer hackers likely working for the Syrian regime and Hezbollah have managed to penetrate the computers of Israeli and American activists working with the Syrian opposition, exposing sensitive contacts between the sides. Al-Akhbar, a newspaper serving as Hezbollah’s mouthpiece in Lebanon, published a series of articles over the weekend purporting to divulge…
Category: Non-U.S.
Walmart Canada looks into possible credit card data breach
Ahmad Hathout and David Berman report: Walmart Canada is investigating a potential breach of customer credit card data after one of its websites operated by a third party was compromised. […] A source close to the situation told The Globe and Mail that as many as 60,000 customers could be affected. According to Walmart’s website,…
What were you doing at age 13? This hacker-for-hire almost broke the internet
Ian Proctor reports: Bedroom geek Seth Nolan-Mcdonagh joined a network of virtual vandals who brought global institutions’ websites to their knees. He was the second hacker to be sentenced today as Madonna’s Rebel Heart hacker Adi Leaderman was jailed for 14 months. […] Adopting the pseudonym Narko, Nolan-Mcdonagh made £70,000 by using software to overload the sites and…
Ca: Mailing error in Newfoundland and Labrador reported to privacy commissioner
The Canadian Press reports: Six beneficiaries in Newfoundland and Labrador’s prescription drug program have received letters from the Department of Health and Community Services that were intended for someone else. The government says it has contacted the six people affected by telephone. The six letters are from 21,000 mailings sent on June 29 extending beneficiaries’…
AU: Asylum-seeker victim of government privacy breach fears being murdered by the Taliban
Nicole Hasham reports: He was threatened with beheading by the Taliban after immigration officials leaked his private details online, and now asylum seeker Nadir Sadiqi fears he will be sent home to certain death in Afghanistan. Mr Sadiqi was among 10,000 asylum seekers – about one third of those held in Australia at the time…
Ca: Student loan data breach class action lawsuit can expand, Federal Court rules
The Canadian Press reports: The Federal Court of Appeal has ordered the expansion of a class action lawsuit brought by thousands of students whose personal loan data was lost by the federal government. And the lawyer representing the students says that decision could have far-reaching implications for other similar cases. Read more on CBC News….