It’s Canada Day, but some have a their own approach to the day, as #OpCyberPrivacy explains: Greetings Citizens of Canada, peoples and Anons of the world. We are #OpCyberPrivacy and this is #AntiCanadaDay. On this day we protest against the passing of C-51 and it’s royal assent to law. We protest against the systemic invasion of privacy…
Banks: Card Breach at Trump Hotel Properties
Brian Krebs reports: The Trump Hotel Collection, a string of luxury hotel properties tied to business magnate and now Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, appears to be the latest victim of a credit card breach, according to data shared by several U.S.-based banks. Contacted regarding reports from sources at several banks who traced a pattern of fraudulent debit and credit…
@TeamGhostShell Returns with Leak the entire summer
If you remember @TeamGhostShell from pre 2013, then you are in for a surprise, almost exactly 2 years and 6 months away they have returned with a rampage of leaked data from all sorts of websites. On the 29th June 2015 came a tweet that was much unexpected and from there on has been a near…
In addition to monetary penalty, South Wales Police asked to sign undertaking
Last month, it was revealed that the ICO hit South Wales Police with a £160,000 fine for losing a video recording which formed part of the evidence in a sexual abuse case. Yesterday, the ICO announced that the SWP signed an undertaking to comply with the seventh data protection principle. As of May, there had still been no policies and procedures…
Top VPNs Leak Sensitive User Information – Report
Phil Muncaster reports: New research has revealed that 14 of the world’s most popular VPN services leak sensitive customer data – in many cases because they don’t yet protect IPv6 traffic. Researchers from Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) and the University of Rome launched the findings in a paper at the Privacy Enhancing Technologies Symposium today….
Miami Resident Pleads Guilty in Identity Theft Tax Fraud Scheme Involving Thousands of Deceased and Other Individuals’ Personal Identifying Information
A Miami resident pled guilty for participating in an identity theft tax fraud scheme involving thousands of deceased and other individuals’ personal identifying information (PII). Yovaris Pardo, 40, of Miami, pled guilty to one count of possessing a counterfeit access device, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1029(a)(1), one count of possessing…