Collaborate Disseminate
An Estonian man was sentenced today to 66 months in prison for his years-long role in furthering and facilitating computer intrusions, the movement of fraudulently obtained goods and funds, and the monetization of stolen financial account information. … Continue reading Cybercriminal Connected to Multimillion Dollar Ransomware Attacks Sentenced for Online Fraud Schemes
Sergiu Gatlan reports: Morgan Stanley Wealth Management, the wealth and asset management division of Morgan Stanley, says some of its customers had their accounts compromised in social engineering attacks. The account breaches were the result of vishin… Continue reading Morgan Stanley client accounts breached in social engineering attacks
Hugo Joncas reports (machine translation follows): Mathieu Joncas, who is also a private lender, bought confidential information on “150,000 to 200,000” Desjardins customers without ensuring their consent. During the hearings, he admitted h… Continue reading Data leak at Desjardins: Industry watchdog wants to ban mortgage broker
In January, Morgan Stanley agreed to settle a lawsuit stemming from its failure to properly dispose of hardware containing personally identifiable information during 2016 and 2019 computer decommissioning projects. This week, members of the affected cl… Continue reading Morgan Stanley Data Security Settlement emails being sent
Economic Times reports: The RBI barred Paytm Payments Bank from taking on new customers on March 11 because it had allowed data to flow to servers abroad in violation of India’s rules, and didn’t properly verify its customers, Bloomberg reported on Mon… Continue reading PayTM clarifies RBI bar on new customers
Hawaii News Now reports: Police are urging Hawaii banks, businesses and government institutions to see if a hacking suspect was spotted on their surveillance video. Kobina Nyarku, 30, has been charged with two felonies for allegedly hacking into Centra… Continue reading HI: Police: Suspect accused of hacking bank’s system could have hit other institutions
Jan Vermeulen reports: Absa has sent a notice to several new clients found to be affected by a November 2020 data leak, when a former employee gave people’s personal information to a platform that sold it to third parties. The former Absa staff member … Continue reading Za: Absa data leak — more customers affected
BBC reports: Credit Suisse has hit out after a massive data leak has brought to light the hidden wealth of several clients of the bank. Data on more than 18,000 bank accounts, holding more than $100bn (£73.6bn), was leaked to German newspaper Süddeutsc… Continue reading Credit Suisse denies wrongdoing after big banking data leak
Damir Mujezinovic reports: Israeli cybersecurity firm Sygnia released a report in January 2022 revealing that a hacker group dubbed Elephant Beetle siphoned off millions from businesses in the financial sector in Latin America. […] To carry out i… Continue reading Elephant Beetle: Stealthy Hacker Group Stole Millions Undetected
Corin Faife reports: On Tuesday, Ukraine’s Ministry of Defence suffered from a DDoS attack that prevented users from accessing its website, and two Ukrainian banks lost access to online banking services, according to statements from the government. In … Continue reading Ukrainian defense ministry hit by DDoS during tense standoff with Russia