Football Leaks: Data Lost During 2018 FIFA World Cup
On July 15, 2018, the 21st FIFA World Cup came to the end in Russia. This is a digest of the most notable confidential data leaks that happened during this premier football tournament, prepared by InfoWatch Analytical Center.
Apple ex-engineer pleads not guilty in theft case
A former Apple engineer has pleaded not guilty after being accused of stealing Apple's autonomous vehicle research, The ZDNet writes. Last week, US prosecutors filed an indictment which accused Xiaolang Zhang of downloading and copying intellectual property relating to the project. According to Reuters, Zhang has pleaded not guilty to the charge of trade secret theft.
MD Anderson to pay 4.3M dollars penalty for data breach
A federal judge imposed a $4.3 million fine against the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center for failing to secure health records which led to the possible compromise of health records of 35,000 people, the website Chron reports.
Q2 Major Leaks
In Q2 2018, the number of confidential information leaks globally grew by almost 5% year-on-year. This is a digest of the five largest incidents over the period from April to June, prepared by InfoWatch Analytical Center.
Facebook faces fine over data breach
Facebook failed to protect people’s data and wasn’t transparent about how personal information was being used by others, the UK’s data watchdog has found in a damning report, The Wired writes. Facebook faces a £500,000 fine for breaking data protection laws following a wide-ranging investigation into the Cambridge Analytica scandal by the UK’s data regulator.
Security firm sued for breach detection failure
Two insurance companies are suing a cyber-security firm to recover insurance fees paid to a customer after the security firm failed to detect malware on the client's network for months, an issue that led to one of the biggest security breaches of the 2000s. The security firms say the lawsuit is meritless, The BleepingComputer reports.
Polar fitness app exposed sensitive locations
A popular fitness app that tracks the activity data on millions of users has inadvertently revealed the locations of personnel working at military bases and intelligence services, the portal ZDnet reports.
Ex-employee steals spyware firm's secrets for dark web
Israeli authorities have arrested a 38-year-old man for allegedly stealing secrets of the NSO Group, a Herzliya-based firm that specializes in developing spyware and help governments to spy on targets, the website HackRead reports. The firm claims to provide “authorized governments with technology that helps them combat terror and crime.”
1.4M dollars stolen from CHET accounts
More than $1.4 million has been stolen from Connecticut Higher Education Trust, or CHET, account holders, The Journal Inquirer writes.
Marketing Firm Exactis Leaks Massive Database with 340M Records
You've probably never heard of the marketing and data aggregation firm Exactis. But it may well have heard of you. And now there's also a good chance that whatever information the company has about you, it recently leaked onto the public internet, available to any hacker who simply knew where to look, The Wired reports.
