Graham Cluley reports: Online news aggregation service NewsNow has admitted that it has suffered a security breach. I could find no mention of the data breach on NewsNow’s website or Twitter account (the last news it shares on its Twitter account announces the 2017 engagement of Prince Harry to Meghan Markle, so perhaps they don’t…
Former govt contractor sentenced in “logic bomb” national security case
There’s what appears to be the final chapter in a case that was first reported in April, 2016. A contractor, Mittesh Das, who was convicted in September, 2017 for sabotaging an army program, was sentenced to two years in federal prison. Here’s the DOJ’s press release of September 11: GREENVILLE – The United States Attorney…
Cash, hard drive, data stolen from DLF1 office, cops suspect insider
HT reports: Burglars broke into the office of a private consultancy company in DLF Phase 1 and allegedly decamped with Rs 4.5 lakh cash, $2,000, silver idols, two Mont Blanc collectible pens, four hard drives, company data, several personal documents and digital signatures of company staffers, police said Thursday. According to police, the incident could…
Cyber-attack at fashion website SheIn.com hits 6.4m customers
Jessica Haworth reports: Retail website SheIn.com has notified customers of a serious data breach after malicious hackers stole the details of 6.42 million people. The ‘affordable fashion’ site, which ships worldwide, was made aware of the cyber-attack on August 22, though it is believed to have started in June. During an investigation, the company’s servers…
United Nations Accidentally Exposed Passwords and Sensitive Information to the Whole Internet
Micah Lee reports: The United Nations accidentally published passwords, internal documents, and technical details about websites when it misconfigured popular project management service Trello, issue tracking app Jira, and office suite Google Docs. The mistakes made sensitive material available online to anyone with the proper link, rather than only to specific users who should have…
B.C. privacy officials look into data breach involving bankrupt computer retailer
Sunny Dhillon reports: Privacy officials in B.C. and Ottawa are looking into a reported data breach involving former Canadian retailer NCIX, with millions of records – including customer names, addresses, phone numbers and payment information – said to have been made available through a Craigslist post. Travis Doering, who runs a small cybersecurity firm in…