Bill Toulas reports: Only about three weeks ago, we reported on the closure of the NEMTY project – at least as far as its RaaS (ransomware as a service) operations are concerned. The authors of the successful strain decided to go private and hunt bigger fish, while they shared the source code of NEMTY with a selection…
GoDaddy notifies users of breached hosting accounts
Sergiu Gatlan reports: GoDaddy notified some of its customers that an unauthorized party used their web hosting account credentials to connect to their hosting account via SSH. The security incident took place on October 19, 2019, after the company’s security team discovered suspicious activity on a subset of GoDaddy’s servers. Read more on BleepingComputer.
Scott Disick Leaves Rehab After Photo Leaks, Reportedly Plans To Sue Facility Over Privacy Breach
Kristine Lofgren reports: Scott Disick reportedly checked into rehab last Tuesday after relapsing into drug and alcohol abuse, but after photos leaked of the star at All Points North Lodge in Colorado, he was apparently so upset that he decided to check himself out. TMZ reports that Disick is also planning to sue the facility for violating his privacy…
AU: ‘Appalling’: Police officer suspended over leaked images of Dean Laidley
Tammy Mills and Simone Fox Koob report: A senior constable has been suspended over photos taken of former North Melbourne coach Dean Laidley while he was in custody on stalking allegations. A police “mugshot” of Mr Laidley and a photo taken through the glass wall of a police interview room in which he was being…
‘Breach of privacy’: Ontario Privacy Commissioner on electronic information found abandoned by MLHU
Daryl Newcombe reports: A “breach of privacy” is how Ontario’s Privacy Commissioner refers to information discovered on electronics abandoned by the Middlesex London Health Unit during a recent move. The commissioner also commends the actions of local authorities to contain the breach and “minimize the impact.” Read more on CTV.
Computer hackers take £2.4m from sale of Constable painting
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…