Canadian man charged for selling stolen passwords
A Canadian man has been arrested and charged in Canada for operating the infamous LeakedSource and selling billions of stolen personal credentials and passwords online, The International Business Times reports. LeakedSource was home to one of the largest online collections of stolen usernames and passwords online with harvested data from major data breaches.
Bay Area life insurance agents sentenced in the theft scheme
Three former Bay Area life insurance agents will serve time behind bars for their roles in an elaborate scheme to collect millions of dollars by submitting fraudulent life insurance policies, according to the U.S. Department of Justice, The Mercury News writes.
Carphone Warehouse fined for data breach
Carphone Warehouse has been handed one of the largest ever fines – a whopping £400,000 – from the UK’s data protection watchdog after exposing the details of millions of its customers, The Register reports.
Instant Failure: Data Leaked Through Messaging Apps
Mobile instant messaging apps rapidly gain ground. Today it is one of the most popular and convenient communication channels, however, also increasingly becoming a confidential information leak channel.
Rs 500 for billion Aadhaar details in 10 minutes
It was only last November that the UIDAI asserted that “Aadhaar data is fully safe and secure and there has been no data leak or breach at UIDAI.” Today, The Tribune “purchased” a service being offered by anonymous sellers over WhatsApp that provided unrestricted access to details for any of the more than 1 billion Aadhaar numbers created in India thus far.
Ancestry.com’ RootsWeb breach: 300K plaintext accounts leaked
Another day another data breach, this time it is Ancestry.com, the United States-based genealogy company operating a large network of genetic, historical and genealogical websites with over 2 million paying subscribers, The HackRead reports.
Hip-hop group indicted in 1.2M dollars fraud scheme
A Charlotte-area hip-hop group has been indicted on federal charges after investigators said members flaunted cash, jewelry and cars on social media -- all financed by complicated fraud schemes, AJC.com writes. Seven members of the group, FreeBandz Gang, face charges over a $1.2 million bank and identity theft scheme, according to documents.
Reality TV star sentenced to 17 years for fraud scheme
A former real-estate investor and "Property Wars" star was sentenced to 17 years in prison for involvement in multiple fraud schemes that targeted more than 200 victims and resulted in more than $30 million in losses, The AZcentral reports.
Massive leak exposes data on 123 million US households
An unsecured database contained a wide range of personal details about virtually every American household, The CNET with a reference to UpGuard reports. The door to your personal data got left wide open once again. Researchers revealed Tuesday that earlier this year they discovered a massive database -- containing information on more than 123 million American households -- that was sitting unsecured on the internet.
Data Leaks in the Hi-Tech Industry 2016
InfoWatch Analytics Center presents the report on the confidential data leakage research in the hi-tech industry (software and hardware manufacturers, mobile network operators, Internet service providers, search engines, social networks, IT services etc.).
