Lydia Beyoud reports: The CFPB is ready to shape the next phase of open banking in the U.S. as it develops standards for how vast amounts of consumer financial data is shared among banks, fintech apps, and data transfer companies. Financial data sharing has been largely left in private-sector hands, but the Consumer Financial Protection…
Three Montrealers arrested after Quebec teachers’ personal information stolen
Amy Luft reports: Quebec provincial police have arrested three Montreal men they say are behind a widespread identity theft operation that stole personal information from scores of Quebec teachers and education workers. The three men were arrested on Friday: Frédéric Lapointe, 41, Rath Pak, 41, and Jimmy Saintelien, 39. In February, Quebec’s education minister revealed…
U.S. Supreme Court to Weigh Anti-Hacking Law’s Limits on Access
Andrea Vittorio reports: The U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear oral argument Nov. 30 over the scope of an anti-hacking law in a case that has implications for cybersecurity research, and other situations where computer access is in question. The case, Van Buren v. United States, involves whether people who misuse their authorized access can be…
The Haute-Ariège Community of Communes hit by a cyberattack and a ransom demand
Nicolas Drusian reports (translation:) Friday, November 6, 2020, the systems of the Community of Communes Haute-Ariège (CCHA) were the subject of a general hack. The software and the data were encrypted, “making the whole system unusable for many weeks”, specifies the CCHA. The perpetrators of the cyberattack then demanded a ransom in order to decrypt this data. A threat to which…
Client data stolen from e-commerce platform
There are actually two different reports/hackers included in this report on The Hindu, it seems. The first part of the article reports a criminal complaint filed against the CEO of Cyble, Inc. The Ken had first reported accusations about Cyble — accusations that Cyble flatly denies and that they have blogged about. I expect we…
Finistère Habitat paralyzed by a cyberattack
The following is a translation: The social landlord Finistère Habitat has been the target for more than ten days of a serious computer attack. The services of the departmental office have been hampered since November 13 by ransomware. A type of malware that encrypts data and demands a ransom to unlock it. For Finistère Habitat, it is the…