Sam Marsden reports: The Sun’s chief foreign correspondent Nick Parker was arrested today by Scotland Yard detectives investigating the alleged harvesting of data from stolen mobile phones, sources said. Mr Parker, 51, was held on suspicion of handling stolen goods after he attended a central London police station by appointment at about 10am. He is…
Hackers publish AAPT data in protest over web spy plan
Ben Grubb reports that hackers made good on their promise and dumped some of the data stolen in the AAPT hack. AAPT’s server was hosted and operated by Melbourne IT. The hack was intended to protest a proposed data retention plan in Australia: “We as people have the right to protest in any way shape…
Charges won't be pursued in Eastern Health privacy breach
CBC News reports: Eastern Health will not pursue criminal charges against employees who breached the authority’s strict privacy rules, including those who have already lost their jobs. Five workers were dismissed for looking at the medical records of patients they weren’t caring for, Eastern Health revealed last week. In a statement e-mailed to CBC News,…
Another 300K Details Leaked From AAPT
Last 12hrs have had a big turn in the Opaustralia operation that is being carried out by anonymous australia hacktivist. The Operation has so far a heap of data which has been mostly censored but over night they appear to of leaked a lot more data. The latest leak comes in a few new files….
Anonymous Australia Release Video To Explain AAPT Leak
Late last night a video was released to the public which has a very strong Aussie accent behind it. The video was announced via the anonpr website and comes with the following transcript. Dear citizens of the world, We are Anonymous. AAPT is Australia’s third largest land line telecommunications company and is a wholly owned subsidiary of…
8.7 million KT mobile customers’ data hacked in S. Korea
Bae Ji-sook reports: Police on Sunday arrested two hackers for stealing and selling on the personal information of 8.7 million KT users. Investigators said they would also investigate KT on suspicion of negligent management of firewalls and personal data as the number of victims accounts for nearly half of its subscribers. According to the National…