The Canadian Press reports: The RCMP say charges have been laid against two Quebecers for their alleged involvement in a cyber attack of Bell Canada customer accounts. Nana Koranteng and Jesiah Russell-Francis of Montreal are to appear on charges including unauthorized use of a computer, fraud over $5000, conspiracy to commit fraud, laundering proceeds of…
Details of 92 Million Brazilians Auctioned on Underground Forums
Ionut Ilascu reports: Someone is auctioning on underground forums a database allegedly containing personal information of 92 million Brazilian citizens. They claim that every record is real and unique. The seller also advertises a search service focused on Brazilians, saying that they can dig up details about an individual starting from minimum initial data. The…
GH: Hard disk containing Opuni trial stolen from court
Kojo Emmanuel reports: The hard disk which contains recording and storing court records and proceedings of the ongoing criminal case against the former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of COCOBOD, Dr. Stephen Opuni and the Managing Director of Agricult Limited, Seidu Agongo, a fertilizer manufacturing company has been stolen from the system unit of the computer….
DEVELOPING: Click2Mail investigating reports of a breach
Four days ago, DataBreaches.net was contacted by a former customer of Click2Mail who reported their suspicion that Click2Mail may have been hacked, sprung a leak, or shared their data with some firm that hadn’t protected it properly. Given the size and scope of Click2Mail’s operations, including the fact that it is a recognized affiliate direct…
Taconic Biosciences settles lawsuit stemming from 2017 W-2 phishing breach (updated)
One of the victim companies of a W-2 phishing attack that this site reported in 2017 was a New York firm called Taconic Biocences. A copy of their notification to the Maryland Attorney General’s Office is still available online, here. Recently, News10 in New York reported that there has been a $2.7 million settlement in…
Records of 650 patients on missing computer hard drive: Alberta Health Services
The Canadian Press reports: Alberta Health Services (AHS) says a computer hard drive that contained the personal health information of about 650 patients has been missing since August. The agency says the external drive vanished from a cardiac outpatient clinical lab at the Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute in Edmonton. It says the disappearance could be linked to a…