giu writes: If we had to believe what we saw on Lithuanian Armed Forces website on Thursday morning, then the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), an alliance of countries from North America and Europe committed to fulfilling the goals of the North Atlantic Treaty signed in 1949, is preparing for the annexation of Kaliningrad, Russia’s…
Category: Non-U.S.
China begins issuing e-IDs to fight personal info leaks
China’s Ministry of Public Security has issued its first batch of e-IDs backed by an independent, Internet-based identity recognition system for citizens, as the country moves to fight personal information leaks, the Shanghai-based Xinmin Evening News reported Sunday. Read more on China Daily.
Japan Pension Service left external e-mail connected after hacking
The Yomiuri Shimbun reports: In connection with recent cyber-attacks that led to about 1.25 million cases of personal data of pension subscribers being stolen, the Japan Pension Service (JPS) blocked external e-mail communications on June 4, seven days after the incident was confirmed, the JPS president has said. While the JPS has explained so far…
Iranian hackers attacking Saudi Arabian, Israeli, and Yemeni sites
Iranian hackers have been busy, it seems, attacking web sites in both Saudia Arabia and Israel. The Tower reports: An Israeli cybersecurity firm released a report on Iranian hacking efforts primarily targeting Saudi Arabia, Israel, and Yemen, The Times of Israel reported Sunday. The Israeli ClearSky cybersecurity company said it has discovered an ongoing wave of…
Bahrain human rights watchdog says victim of hacking
Sarah Townsend reports: A Bahraini human rights group claims its website and Twitter account has been hacked by anti-government protesters. The Bahraini Human Rights Watch Society’s website www.bhrws.org and Twitter account @bhrws2004 have been suspended since Saturday, according to reports. It happened shortly before the group’s secretary-general Faisal Fulad was due to attend the 29th…
Ca: Algonquin College server hacked but no data taken, college says
CBC News reported: A server hack at Algonquin College in Ottawa left the personal information of more than 1,000 former students vulnerable but no data was taken, according to the college. A news release issued on Friday said 1,225 students in the Bachelor of Information Technology and Bachelor of Science in Nursing programs are affected. Well,…