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Khanh Vu and Phuong Nguyen report: Police in Vietnam have arrested a Taiwanese national amid an investigation into a cybersecurity breach in the country’s banking system, the Ministry of Public Security said. “A number of foreign groups hav… Continue reading Vietnam arrests Taiwanese national amid banking security breach
Capital One will pay $190 million to resolve claims it jeopardized customer information in a 2019 data breach. The settlement benefits around 98 million Capital One customers whose information was compromised as part of the 2019 data breach. Read more … Continue reading Capital One to settle 2019 data breach class action lawsuit for $190 million
CNN Philippines reports: The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) on Thursday announced it will sanction BDO Unibank and the Union Bank of the Philippines over the hundreds of unauthorized bank transfers last December. The BSP said its monetary board arri… Continue reading Ph: BSP sanctions BDO, UBP over December hacking incident
Oded Yaron reports: A group of hackers purportedly linked to Iran said on Monday that they had succeeded in hacking into the system used to transfer money between Israeli banks and through it entered into people’s personal accounts. However, Israel’s N… Continue reading Iranian Hackers Claim They’ve Hit the Bank of Israel – but ‘No Proof,’ Cyber Authority Says
Andres Viglucci reports: One of the country’s largest mortgage servicers, a company based in Coral Gables, has reported what appears to be a significant data breach to customers three months after discovering it, prompting two separate federal lawsuits… Continue reading Big Coral Gables mortgage servicer hit by data breach, exposing clients’ personal information
Brian O’Donovan reports: Bank of Ireland has been fined €463,000 by the Data Protection Commission for data breaches affecting more than 50,000 customers. It follows an inquiry into 22 personal data breach notifications that Bank of Ireland made … Continue reading Bank of Ireland fined €463,000 for data breaches
Bharat Sharma reports: Personal information of hundreds of thousands of Indians was recently leaked, revealing details such as full names, dates of birth, home addresses, national IDs, and much more. The data breach was discovered by Safety Detectives … Continue reading Thousands Of Indians Exposed In Data Breach Affecting Money Lending App CashMama
They are anonymous, but they are not Anonymous. Meet the individuals who are using their skills to take on the West’s enemies. Names can be misleading. When I first read about a group called “AgainstTheWest,” I assumed they were worki… Continue reading An Interview with AgainstTheWest
An article in VietnamNet has some findings about cybercrime in Vietnam and how work-from-home and COVID-19 have contributed to the increase in certain kinds of crime. Some of the findings reported in the article include: In 2021, the number of phishing… Continue reading Vietnamese bank accounts targeted by hackers
In response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a number of hacktivists have targeted Russia, hoping to be of help to Ukraine. It is not clear to what extent they have helped Ukraine by hitting the targets they have hit and leaking data, but here ar… Continue reading “Anonymous” hacktivists continue to try to help Ukraine