Annabel Sampson reports: A rustic scene of Hampstead Heath painted by John Constable, one of the great English Romanticists, titled A View of Hampstead Heath: Child’s Hill, Harrow in the Distance is at the centre of a dispute between a dealer and gallery as a result of a computer hacker who tricked its buyer into sending £2.4…
Britains National Cyber Security Cracks Down On Corona Crime
Cyber Security Intelligence reports: British spy chiefs have taken down more than 2,000 online scams linked to coronavirus as they crack down on cyber criminals trying to exploit the health crisis. The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) said it had closed down 471 fake online shops selling fraudulent virus-related items, as well as 555 malware distribution…
German authorities charge Russian hacker for 2015 Bundestag hack
Catalin Cimpanu reports: German prosecutors have issued an arrest warrant today for a hacker working for the Russian military on charges of hacking the German Parliament in the spring of 2015. German newspaper the Sueddeutsche Zeitung, who broke the story today, says German authorities are looking for Dmitriy Sergeyevich Badin, 29, from Kursk, Russia. Read more…
Tesla has been getting rid of computers without wiping them – compromising customer accounts
Fred Lambert reports that discarded Tesla onboard computers that have not been wiped are showing up for sale on eBay. “Hacker Green,” who purchased some of them, alerted Tesla, but has not been particularly impressed with Tesla’s response. The automaker told him that they were launching an investigation into the issue, but the investigation didn’t…
Home affairs data breach may have exposed personal details of 770,000 migrants
Paul Karp reports that the government has been exposing personal details of 774,000 migrants and those wishing to migrate to Australia. The department’s SkillsSelect platform, hosted by the employment department, invites skilled workers and business people to express an interest in migrating to Australia. Expressions of interest are stored for two years and displayed on a publicly available…
Indonesia’s Tokopedia begins probe after data of 91 million users allegedly leaked
Reuters reports: Tokopedia, Indonesia’s largest e-commerce platform, said it was investigating an attempted hack and claims that the details of millions of its users had been leaked online. “We found that there had been an attempt to steal data from Tokopedia users,” a spokesman for the company said in a statement late Saturday. Read more on…