Update: the phishing attack turned out to be a simulation. See links in the comments below this post. Sheera Frenkel and Jonathan Martin report: The Democratic National Committee said Wednesday that it was alerted to an attempted hack of its voter database this week and that it had notified law enforcement. The effort to target…
Alleged 19-Year-Old SIM Swapper Used Stolen Bitcoin to Buy Luxury Cars
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai reports: Police in California arrested another hacker accused of hijacking phone numbers with the goal of stealing cryptocurrency on August 17. Xzavyer Narvaez, 19, is accused of seven counts of computer crimes, identity fraud, and grand theft, according to a complaint obtained by Motherboard. Narvaez’s arrest comes approximately a month after that of Joel…
37,000 Eir customers face data breach in laptop theft
Adrian Weckler reports: Some 37,000 Eir customers have been hit by a security breach after a staff laptop was stolen. The telecoms firm said that the breach happened when an unencrypted device was stolen outside an office at the weekend. Customer data exposed included names, email addresses, phone numbers and Eir account numbers. However, Eir…
AU: Melbourne student health records posted online in ‘appalling’ privacy breach
The Australian Associated Press reports: The personal records of hundreds of Melbourne high school students have been mistakenly published, sparking an investigation into an “appalling” privacy breach. The Victoria education minister, James Merlino, said his department would launch an inquiry into the breach at Strathmore secondary college in the city’s north-west. Read more on The…
Canadian Telcos Patch Vulnerability in TRS Systems
Catalin Cimpanu reports on a vulnerability first reported by Project Insecurity researchers: All major Canadian internet service providers (ISPs) have patched a vulnerability this week in their telecommunications relay services (TRSs). TRS systems, or IP-relays, are telco-provided services that allow people with disabilities —such as deafness or speech disorders— to place calls to standard telephone…
Mexicans served with Dark Tequila in spyware spree
Charlie Osborne reports: The citizens of Mexico are being served with a rather unpalatable form of tequila — a dark version — and the name given to a threat group which has been covertly stealing valuable data from its victims for years. On Tuesday, researchers from Kaspersky Lab revealed the existence of Dark Tequila, a…