Jason Roberts reports on a case in the Isle of Man: A man’s asked to represent himself as he awaits sentencing for computer hacking and data theft. 47 year old John Henry Griffin of Mona Drive in Douglas was convicted of two offences of unauthorised access of data and two of unlawful obtaining of personal…
Europol Teams up with Industry Experts to Combat Phishing
Press Release From 26 March to 27 March, Europol hosted a joint meeting of the EC3 Advisory Groups on Financial Services, Internet Security and Communication Providers, gathering 70 industry representatives to discuss the cyber-threat of phishing. Over the course of two days, global financial institutions, internet security companies and telecommunications providers shared insights into how…
Ca: Sunniva reports filing of class action lawsuit regarding privacy breach
CISO Magazine reports: PRNewswire: Sunniva Inc. recently reported that it has been named in a class action lawsuit, along with its wholly owned subsidiary, Natural Health Services Ltd. (“NHS”), in connection with a privacy breach of the Electronic Medical Record (“EMR”) system used by NHS. Sunniva and NHS will defend this action. NHS identified that…
DragonEx Exchange Suffers Security Breach, Amount of Crypto Stolen Still Unknown
Peter Wind reports: Cryptocurrency exchange DragonEx says they have suffered a security breach on March 24. “On March 24th, DragonEx has encountered attacks from hackers, our users’ crypto assets and platform crypto assets were transferred and stolen. Part of the assets were retrieved back, and we will do our best to retrive back the rest…
Former NSA contractor accused of largest security breach in US history expected to plead guilty
Kevin Collier reports: A former National Security Agency contractor accused of the largest security breach in US intelligence history is expected to plead guilty on Thursday, his lawyer told CNN. Harold “Hal” Martin, 54, had worked for 23 years as a contractor for companies that contracted with various intelligence agencies and maintained a government clearance…
Rela, a Chinese lesbian dating app, exposed 5 million user profiles
Zack Whittaker reports: Rela (热拉), a popular dating app for gay and queer women, has exposed millions of user profiles and private data because a server wasn’t protected with a password. Rela disappeared from app stores in May 2017 after it was reportedly shut down by Chinese regulators, though the government never confirmed it took…