Saeed Kamali Dehghan reports: A contractor that provides visa services on behalf of governments around the world, including the UK, has suffered a serious technical glitch that allowed personal data to be compromised. VFS Global, which acts for around 45 governments, released online application forms this week that used sequential reference numbers, allowing users to…
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Ex-employees probed in attack on Hacking Team
Manuela D’Alessandro of Reuters reports: Milan prosecutors are investigating six former employees of surveillance software maker Hacking Team in connection with a massive attack on the data system of the Italian cybersecurity firm, sources familiar with the case said on Friday. […]Investigative sources said the six suspects had already been placed under investigation in…
UK: Jeremy Hunt in hot water after ‘breaching patient confidentiality’ by posting hospital visit picture on Twitter with board of names on it
Sam Matthew and Lydia Willgress report: Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has been accused of breaching patient confidentiality by tweeting a photo to his 70,000 followers from a hospital visit. He came under fire after the image of himself with medics at University College Hospital in London captured a board listing patients on the ward in…
Statement From Avid Life Media Inc. (AshleyMadison breach)
TORONTO, July 20, 2015 — We were recently made aware of an attempt by an unauthorized party to gain access to our systems. We immediately launched a thorough investigation utilizing leading forensics experts and other security professionals to determine the origin, nature, and scope of this incident. We apologize for this unprovoked and criminal intrusion…
AU: Private files available to inmates in prison computer security breach
Rebekah Cavanagh reports: Corrections Victoria is investigating after private files of prisoners became available to a jail’s inmates in an alarming computer security breach. The breach has raised concerns that the information — including some prisoners’ bank details and names and addresses of family contacts — could be used to stand over or threaten inmates…
Another escort service-related site hacked with data dumped
@ElSurveillance, who has attacked a number of escort service-related sites such as the MeetMeInYourCity.com hack, has released another data dump tonight – this one for Captain 69™ Worldwide Escort Reviews. @ElSurveillance posted 2,653 usernames and passwords from the UK site, with a note pointing people to crackstation.net to crack the sha256 to plain-text passwords. Well, at least the site tried to secure…