CBC News reports: The body that regulates the practices of engineers and geologists in Alberta reported a “significant data breach.” when all the names and email addresses of its 75,000 members were leaked to an unknown party as a result of a phishing event. The database of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta was breached at around 11:45 a.m….
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AU: Townsville adult store blackmailed by hackers
Chris McMahon reports: Queensland’s oldest sex shop has been held to ransom by hackers who infected the store’s computers, locking down all its files with a highly sophisticated malware. Hackers hit Charters Towers Rd adult shop Sweethearts early on Friday morning through an email that infected the store’s servers, holding their data to ransom until…
Anonymous Hacks Vietnam Govt websites Against Human Rights Abuse
Waqas writes: The online hacktivists affiliated to Anonymous, AntiSec and HagashTeam conducted a cyber attack on Vietnamese government websites against online censorship and human rights violations in the country. The hacktivist groups left a deface page along with a message on 8 Vietnamese government websites against the imprisonment of thousands of political prisoners. Read more on…
‘Hack for Trump’ group demands $30k from Bahamian Bank
Neil Hartnell reports: Hackers are trying to extort $30,000 from the Bahamas-based Fidelity Group of Companies, which yesterday moved to reassure clients there had been no widespread leak of personal financial data. Anwer Sunderji, Fidelity’s chairman, confirmed to Tribune Business that a group called ‘Hack for Trump’ had contacted it and demanded a ransom payment…
JP: Minister, others to return wages over pension system data leak
Have we ever seen any American executives return their wages over a data security breach? I can’t recall ever seeing that. And while some commenters on this Kyodo News story think the amount is “chicken feed” and a meaningless gesture, it’s still noteworthy, I think: Japanese welfare minister Yasuhisa Shiozaki and other senior officials doubling as…
Brazil’s Cybercrime Problem
Robert Muggah and Nathan Thompson report: Brazil is at the epicenter of a global cybercrime wave. The country ranks second worldwide in online banking fraud and financial malware, and the problem is only getting worse. According to official sources, the number of cyberattacks within the country grew by 197 percent in 2014, and online banking fraud spiked by 40…