Nathan Leroux, Sanadodeh Nesheiwat, Austin Alcala, along with a Canadian citizen David Pokora are charged, while an unnamed Australian citizen also said to be a part of the conspiracy has been charged under Australian Law.
Tag: security breach
Viator security breach compromises over 1.4M customers’ personal information
User’s credit- and debit-card numbers along with other personal information such as email addresses, names, and postal addresses may have been compromised in the breach.
Apple to ramp up iCloud security alerts following celebrity photo leak
Apple CEO Tim Cook said after a wave of criticisms for lack of security for its iCloud service following the celebrity photo scandal a few days ago that Apple will aggressively promote…
Mozilla: Failure of data-sanitisation process led to disclosure of MDN email address, passwords
The issue went unnoticed for about a month before being picked up by a web developer in July.
ICO: Data protection complaints increased by 10% last year
ICO: We’re effective, efficient and busier than ever. But to do our job properly, to represent people properly, we need stronger powers, more sustainable funding and a clearer guarantee of independence.
China denies CrowdStrike’s claims of links to Deep Panda hacking
Geng Shuang: Chinese laws prohibit cyber crimes of all forms, and Chinese government has done whatever it can to combat such activities.
Montona confirms security breach; data of 1.3 million people compromised
DPHHS director Richard Opper: We have no reports, nor do we have any evidence that anyone’s information was used in any way, or even accessed.
Domino’s Pizza suffers security breach; hackers demand €30,000 ransom
Hackers managed to steal 650,000 customer data records containing names, addresses, telephone numbers, and passwords among other things.
UK government wants life imprisonment for cyber security offenders
Cyber attacks that cause serious damage to the economy or environment will carry a 14-year prison sentence as against the current term of 10 years.
Office security breach confirmed; details of costumers stolen
Break-ins and compromises continue, with UK Shoe retailer Office, ending up in the list of security breach victims!
Nearly 50% Brits don’t trust eBay anymore
eBay continues to suffer: first hackers, then Google search rankings and now users.
Spotify security breach affected only one user; asks Android users to upgrade
Spotify revealed that it was subject to a security breach in which details on just ‘one’ user were compromised.
The hunter becomes the hunted: Avast forum users’ data compromised
Avast has suffered a serious security breach that has led to compromise of details of over 350,000 forum users. The company sent an apologetic email to forum users informing them about the…
Authorities in US, Europe to formally probe eBay over security breach
EBay is going to be formally investigated in US and Europe, authorities in both the regions have revealed.
ICO: Companies ‘failing at basics’ may end up paying thousands in penalty
Companies running Windows XP could face penalties up to £500,000, in case of any security breach, warns UK’s privacy watchdog. Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has released a report detailing the common security…