Nirmal Ghosh reports: Swiss national Xavier Andre Justo – who is now in jail in Thailand in connection with trying to blackmail his former employer, PetroSaudi, which is entangled in a huge scandal involving the Malaysian government – has claimed that he was promised US$2 million (S$2.7 million) in exchange for data he stole from…
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IN: Two former employees of Essar Refinery accused of data theft
The Business Standard reports: Police have registered cases against two former employees of the oil refinery project of Essar Group in Gujarat for hacking the company’s computer system and sending sensitive data outside during the ‘notice-period’ after resigning. […] As per the complaints filed by Chetan Mavadiya, an Essar officer, the accused hacked the company’s computer system…
AU: University Of Queensland logins leaked by “Nightmare Squad”
It appears the University of Queensland has either been hacked by “Nightmare Squad” or the group leaked some data that was easy to find. @NightmareSquad describes themselves as an “#Anonymous blackhat team fighting for the people of South America.” Their Twitter account has recently announced a number of hacks in Brazil, including some government sites. I tweeted them an…
Ca: Anonymous says it hacked Canada’s security secrets in retaliation for police shooting of B.C. activist
I had reported on Anonymous’s attacks on the RCMP in retaliation over the killing of activist James McIntyre earlier this week, but the story is gathering steam now. Yesterday, Adrian Humphrey of the National Post reported on the claimed hack, and it’s clear that the government is paying attention. Humphrey reported: To support their claim, members of…
PK: Hacker Baba911 hacks DG Khan Board website on result day
The News Teller reports: A hacker group known as ‘Hacker Baba911′ hacked the DG Khan Board website just before a while when it was about the announce metric results. The group put few lines bearing messages for students as well as for the board. It starts with congratulating to those who would get good marks….
King’s College London student data breach results in underaking
King’s College London fell afoul of the Data Protection Act, it seems. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) learned that a spreadsheet containing personal data -including exam results – of 1831 students and applicants was sent in error to 22 students. Of note, the spreadsheet had been worked on by and transferred between several employees prior to being sent out…