A disgruntled ex-employee has been jailed after he admitted carrying out cyber attacks against Jet2 which took down their computer systems for more than 12 hours. NCA investigators proved that 27-year-old Scott Burns from Morley, Leeds, illegally accessed a domain operated by Dart Group and their subsidiary, Jet2, on two separate occasions in January 2018….
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AU: Nine more charges for NSW data breach accused
Steven Trask reports: The Sydney IT contractor allegedly responsible for a massive data breach that cost an ASX-listed property evaluation company more than $8 million is now facing additional charges. Stephen Grant allegedly accessed and published more than 170,000 data sets including names, addresses, contact numbers, property valuations and driver’s licences between September 2017 and…
Marietta utility customer data found on dark web after Click2Gov security breach
Ross Williams reports that about 8,800 Marietta, Georgia utility customers may have had their credit card info compromised by the kind of Click2Gov breach we’ve been hearing about since this summer. As in some other reports, their data — or data that is likely to come from this incident — has already been found on…
Another Click2Gov victim is revealed in Texas
Add Sugarland, Texas to any list you are keeping of Click2Gov breach victims. As with other entities in the second wave of attacks, those residents who used the payment portal to make one-time payments seem to have fallen prey to the attackers. And as with a number of other CentralSquare Technologies Click2Gov customers, Sugarland will…
TX: City of Odessa notifies residents of Click2Gov breach
Seen on the city’s website: Post Date:12/12/2019 4:54 PM Click2Gov Security Breach ODESSA – We have learned of a data security incident that occurred between August 27, 2019 and October 14, 2019 that involved some of our customers’ credit/debit card information. The City of Odessa utilizes a third-party software product called Click2Gov to provide our…
City of Hamilton warns data breach may compromise residents’ personal information
Don Mitchell reports: The City of Hamilton is alerting residents of a “potential privacy breach” in which water-related billing data may have been accessed by third-party vendors. In a release on Wednesday afternoon, the city said it’s water-related services, including meter reading, billing, payment, collections, and customer care services which are managed by Alectra Utilities,…