Collaborate Disseminate
Europol and eight other agencies launched the bust aimed at a network that targeted people trying to regain access to lost or stolen phones.
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By Deeba Ahmed
According to the attorney general of Ecuador, a terrorism investigation has been launched after the incident took place in the country.
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The FCC is using its new powers to ask from the maximum fine from an Ecuadorian pirate radio station that’s run for more than 15 years. Continue reading FCC Fines 15 Year-Old Pirate Radio Station in NYC $2 Million
The recent high-profile attacks on Costa Rica and Peru are examples of the dynamic, researchers say.
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Microsoft obtained a court order to seize websites from a Chinese government-linked espionage group that was using the sites to attack government agencies, think tanks and human rights organizations in 29 countries, the company said Monday. The legal move is aimed at a hacking outfit that Microsoft calls Nickel, which is also known as APT15, Ke3chang or Vixen Panda. It’s been around since at least 2010, and frequently spies on foreign affairs of interest to China. “Obtaining control of the malicious websites and redirecting traffic from those sites to Microsoft’s secure servers will help us protect existing and future victims while learning more about Nickel’s activities,” wrote Tom Burt, Microsoft’s corporate vice president for customer security and trust. “Our disruption will not prevent Nickel from continuing other hacking activities, but we do believe we have removed a key piece of the infrastructure the group has been relying on for this […]
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2019 was a banner year for data exposures, with billions of people affected by cloud misconfigurations, hacks and poor security practices in general. Here’s the Threatpost Top 10 for data-breach news of the year, featuring all the low-lights. Continue reading Top 10 Breaches and Leaky Server Screw Ups of 2019
By Sudais
The data of Julian Assange – the founder of Wikileaks – was also found in this breach who lived in the Ecuadorian embassy in London since 2012 till April this year after being granted asylum initially.
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Ecuador officials have arrested the general manager of IT consulting firm Novaestrat after the personal details of almost the entire population of the Republic of Ecuador left exposed online in what seems to be the most significant data breach in the c… Continue reading IT Firm Manager Arrested in the Biggest Data Breach Case of Ecuador’s History
Included are deep details on 7 million minors, one grownup named Julian Assange, and perhaps a few million deceased Ecuadorians. Continue reading Leaky database spills data on 20 million Ecuadorians and businesses
If you’re a citizen of Ecuador, chances are that you’ve had your personal and financial information exposed after an ElasticSearch server was left unsecured.
Victims even include Wikileaks founder Julian Assange…
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