KBS reports that Seoul police are investigating a “possible massive leak” of data of local credit and debit cards. Police said on Monday that they seized two external hard drives from a suspect surnamed Lee, who allegedly attempted to hack into the computer network of a local commercial bank last year. The seized hard drives…
Privnotes.com Is Phishing Bitcoin from Users of Private Messaging Service Privnote.com
Brian Krebs reports: For the past year, a site called Privnotes.com has been impersonating Privnote.com, a legitimate, free service that offers private, encrypted messages which self-destruct automatically after they are read. Until recently, I couldn’t quite work out what Privnotes was up to, but today it became crystal clear: Any messages containing bitcoin addresses will be automatically altered…
Magecart attackers hit Claire’s, Intersport web shops
Zeljka Zorz reports: Magecart attackers have compromised web shops belonging to large retail chains Claire’s and Intersport and equipped them with payment card skimmers. The compromise of Claire’s online store and that of its sister brand Icing has been flagged by Sansec researchers. Read more on Help Net Security. Update of June 17: Intersport sent the following…
In: Software firm files complaint against six staffers for Rs 40L data theft
Ahmedabad Mirror reports that Suresh Prajapati, 48, filed a complaint of theft against six employees working at his firm for stealing software, data and source code and selling it to other companies. Read more on Ahmedabad Mirror. The paper reports that the complaint alleges that the firm, Dev ERP Solutions, suffered losses of Rs 40…
Live Event Manufacturer Reveals Employee Data Breach
Phil Muncaster reports: A major manufacturing company for live events has disclosed a data breach affecting the personal and financial information of its employees. Tait Towers Manufacturing produces rigging, lighting and other equipment for concerts, theatrical performances and the like. It claims to have worked on many of the highest-grossing concert tours of all time….
Lessons learned from the ANPR data leak that shook Britain
Ax Sharma reports: On April 28, 2020, The Register reported the massive Automatic Number-Plate Recognition (ANPR) system used by the Sheffield government authorities was leaking some 8.6 million driver records. An online ANPR dashboard responsible for managing the cameras, tracking license plate numbers and viewing vehicle images was left exposed on the internet, without any password or…