0x00sec – Security Incident Notification – September 30th 2020
Dear 0x00sec Users, We are writing to you with important information regarding a recent security incident involving your personal information from https://0x00sec.org 12. We became aware of the...
View ArticleChinese Hackers Steal Personal Data of Half of Taiwan’s Workforce, What Next?
Krishnendu Banerjee reports: Amid escalating tensions between China and Taiwan, Chinese hackers have allegedly stolen data of nearly six million Taiwanese. The largest data breach in the country’s...
View ArticleHackers Breached Telegram, Email Accounts of 20 Israeli Crypto Execs: Report
Rachel McIntosh reports: Hackers targeted approximately 20 Israeli cryptocurrency executives in early September, demanding payments of digital currency after hacking into their phones and stealing...
View ArticleA security flaw in Grindr let anyone easily hijack user accounts
Zack Whittaker writes: Grindr, one of the world’s largest dating and social networking apps for gay, bi, trans, and queer people, has fixed a security vulnerability that allowed anyone to hijack and...
View ArticleInsurance firm Ardonagh Group disabled 200 admin accounts as ransomware...
Gareth Corfield reports: Jersey-headquartered insurance company Ardonagh Group has suffered a potential ransomware infection. Informed sources whispered to The Register that the insurance firm had been...
View ArticleSoftware AG falls prey to ransomware attack
Earlier this week, Catalin Cimpanu reported Software AG, one of the largest software companies in the world, has suffered a ransomware attack over the last weekend, and the company has not yet fully...
View ArticleDefendant had no reasonable expectation of privacy in his employer’s...
FourthAmendment.com highlights a court opinion out of Massachusetts: Defendant is charged with accessing and taking his employer’s information for the purpose of setting up a rival company doing the...
View ArticleSome Longmont NextLight customers’ service affected by Friday cyberattack
John Fryar reports: A Friday afternoon cyberattack on NextLight, Longmont’s high-speed, fiber optic broadband internet service, affected a number of customers but has been resolved by NextLight...
View Article620 applicants file joint case against IT firm which exposed voter data
Here’s a follow-up to a data leak incident that may have escaped our attention as the pandemic was absorbing a lot of attention and the news cycle in April: More than 620 claimants have come together...
View ArticleLaw firm discloses ransomware attack
There have been numerous law firms that have been hacked in the past few years, or worse, attacked with the double whammy of having copies of their files exfiltrated before their systems were...
View ArticleAU: Spotless hit by ransomware attack
Ry Crozier reports: Spotless Group, the Downer-owned facilities services provider, is the latest high-profile Australian company to fall victim to ransomware attackers. iTnews learned that the company...
View ArticleTyler Technologies finally paid the ransom to receive the decryption key
Pierluigi Paganini reports: Tyler Technologies has finally decided to paid a ransom to obtain a decryption key and recover files encrypted in a recent ransomware attack. Tyler Technologies, Inc. is the...
View ArticleTwitter Data-Breach Case Won’t Be Resolved Before Year’s End, Ireland’s...
Angus Loten reports: European privacy regulators are unlikely to issue a final ruling on Twitter Inc.’s handling of a data breach disclosed in January 2019 before the end of this year, Ireland’s data...
View ArticleOnline proctor service ProctorTrack disables service after hack
Lawrence Abrams reports: With many schools and colleges performing remote learning, including tests, online proctoring services are increasingly being used to prevent students from cheating....
View ArticleBarnes & Noble hit by cyberattack that exposed customer data
Lawrence Abrams reports: U.S. Bookstore giant Barnes & Noble has disclosed that they were victims of a cyberattack that may have exposed customers’ data. […] In an email sent to customers late...
View ArticleTwitter hackers trick employees by posing as IT workers, NY probe finds
Noah Manskar reports: A simple phone scam was the key first step in a Twitter hack that took over dozens of high-profile accounts this summer, New York regulators say. The hackers responsible for the...
View ArticleFlorida Resident Sentenced To 2 Years Probation after Previously Pleading...
NEW ORLEANS – U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that CARLOS DAVID IRIAS, age 47, a resident of Cutler Bay, Florida, was sentenced to two (2) years probation by United States District Judge...
View ArticleBritish Airways Fined $26 Million in U.K. Probe Over 2018 Data Attack
British Airways has been fined £20m (U.S. $26 million) by the U.K.’s Information Commissioner’s Office for a 2018 breach that impacted more than 400,000 customers. That penalty is significantly less...
View ArticleCosmote reveals cyber attack exposed telephone data from thousands of customers
Greek City Times reports: The largest mobile network operator in Greece, Cosmote, revealed that thousands of customers’ information was accessed during a cyber attack that occurred between September...
View ArticleHackers attack Haldiram’s servers, demand Rs 7.5 lakh
Tanmayee Tyagi reports: Unidentified hackers attacked the servers of Noida-based Haldiram’s Snacks private limited with ransomware, stealing sensitive data and demanding a ransom of Rs 7.5 lakh to...
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