David Gilbert reports an update to the hack of Russian dating web site Topface. As noted previously on this blog, the data had been put up for sale. Now Gilbert reports: Russian dating site Topface has confirmed it has paid off a hacker who revealed a flaw in its security systems, through which he stole 20…
Category: Non-U.S.
UK: Robert Hamill family dismayed by Ministry of Justice data loss
BBC reports: Robert Hamill’s family has said they are “dismayed” that the Ministry of Justice has lost discs containing data from his inquest. The 25-year-old Catholic was murdered by loyalists in Portadown, County Armagh, in 1997. A public inquiry was held due to claims of police collusion. The lost discs relate to Mr Hamill’s inquest and…
1,700 file group lawsuit against Benesse over data theft
I’ve been noting updates on the Benesse data theft, which was first disclosed in July 2014. Here’s the latest development, from the Japan Times: More than 1,700 people filed a group lawsuit on Thursday against major education service provider Benesse Corp. over last year’s massive theft of customer data. They are demanding ¥55,000 [$464.24 USD…
IE: Investigations to examine why farmers’ files found on Galway roadside
Alison Healy reports: Three investigations are now underway into how thousands of documents containing farmers’ personal details ended up on a roadside outside Tuam, Co Galway. The Office of the Data Protection Commissioner and Galway County Council both said they were investigating the incident. The Agricultural Consultants’ Association also said it was trying to get to the bottom of the incident. Read…
Rex Mundi dumps more data after another entity doesn’t pay extortion demands
Rex Mundi has hacked and dumped data from Temporis, a French employment/recruitment agency. As they have done in the past, the hackers issued a statement and announced the data dump on Twitter, where they currently post as @rexmundi15: Last week, we hacked the servers of Temporis, allegedly France’s largest network of franchised temp work agencies (www.temporis-franchise.fr). From their…
SG: Hacker ‘Messiah’ pleads guilty to 39 computer misuse charges
Kelly Ng reports: Hacker James Raj Arokiasamy, who goes by the moniker “Messiah”, has pleaded guilty to 39 charges of computer misuse for hacking into the web servers of Fuji Xerox, a fan site of popstar Sun Ho and government-related websites in 2013. Read more on Today.