Oded Yaron reports: A group of Palestinian hackers uncovered in January resumed their work against Israel in April, an Israeli security firm has announced. ClearSky Cyber Security also revealed the main activist behind the group. This was the second report on the group by ClearSky, which published in January that the group has operated since…
Let’s Encrypt Accidentally Spills 7,600 User Emails
Chris Brook writes: Certificate authority Let’s Encrypt accidentally disclosed the email addresses of several thousand of its users this weekend. Josh Aas, Executive Director for the Internet Security Research Group (ISRG), the nonprofit group that helped launch the CA, apologized for the error on Saturday. In what Let’s Encrypt dubbed a preliminary report posted shortly after…
UK: Thames Valley Police officer sentenced for data breach
BBC reports: A Thames Valley police officer, who emailed secret information on court case witnesses and gangland shootings to his father, has been ordered to do 150 hours of unpaid work. Matthew Oaten previously pleaded guilty to three counts of computer misuse and two of disclosing personal data. Winchester Crown Court was told he may…
IE: Three inquiries on alleged Social Protection privacy breaches
Elaine Edwards reports: Three investigations are being carried out into suspected privacy breaches involving Department of Social Protection officials, the department has confirmed. A private investigator, James Cowley (65), was convicted on Monday of illegally obtaining and then disclosing to a bank and insurance firms personal details he had obtained from a department official. Read more on…
A Computer Security Start-Up Turns the Tables on Hackers
Nicole Perlroth reports: Standing before a crowded room of entrepreneurs and investors at a conference in San Francisco last summer, former Vice President Al Gore described how climate change could be contained, possibly even reversed. Next to take the stage was Kevin Mandia, the founder of Mandiant, a security company acquired by another security company called FireEye,…
ZA: Anonymous hackers are cowards: SABC
MyBroadband reports: Public broadcaster the SABC has confirmed that its websites were hacked on Sunday. SABC websites ranging from those of its radio station 5FM to its main news portal experienced downtime for hours on Sunday. A Twitter account belonging to a hacktivist group dubbed Anonymous Africa claimed responsibility for the downtime of the SABC…