Grant West admits hacking and money laundering
A cyber crook illegally accessed the details of hundreds of thousands of people after hacking the websites of 17 big firms including Sainsburys, Uber and Just Eat, the website Kent Online writes. Grant West, 25, admitted illegally obtaining the details of 165,000 Just Eat customers' accounts alone in a bid to sell them on the 'dark web' for Bitcoins.
Former Manitoba Health employee snooped on records of family
Manitoba's ombudsman released a report and recommendations after investigating a privacy breach by a former Manitoba Health employee. The province's ombudsman says Manitoba Health didn't do enough to mitigate the risks of a privacy breach, The CBC News reports.
1.4B clear text credentials discovered in a single database
While scanning the deep and dark web for stolen, leaked or lost data, 4iQ discovered a single file with a database of 1.4 billion clear text credentials — the largest aggregate database found in the dark web to date.
Man was arrested for ID theft
A Bronx, New York, man is in York County Prison after he allegedly tried to use the ID card information of a Washington man who is 6 inches taller than he, and Springettsbury Township Police busted him for identity theft, the York daily record reports.
Virtual keyboard app exposes personal data of 31 million users
The app maker's database wasn't protected with a password, leaving exposed its users' most private information, the web portal ZDNet reports.
PayPal reports data breach at Canadian subsidiary
PayPal says that one of the companies it recently acquired suffered a security incident during which an attacker appears to have accessed servers that stored information for 1.6 million customers, The Bleeping Computer reports.
Bank employee causes client to lose Dh1.1 million
The woman was a sales executive at the bank and abused her post to log on to the e-system and extract data, The Khaleej Times writes. A sales executive at a bank allegedly solicited and accepted a total of Dh55,000 worth of bribes in return for doing unlawful favours, the Court of First Instance was told.
U.S. charges three Chinese hackers for corporate hacking
An indictment was unsealed against Wu Yingzhuo, Dong Hao and Xia Lei, all of whom are Chinese nationals and residents of China, for computer hacking, theft of trade secrets, conspiracy and identity theft directed at U.S.
Imgur confirms 1.7 million users hit by data breach
Image-sharing website Imgur has confirmed that the emails and passwords of 1.7 million users were compromised in 2014, The BBC News reports. The data breach has only recently come to light after being discovered by security researcher Troy Hunt. Mr. Hunt said he was impressed with the company's swift response.
Uber paid hackers to delete stolen data on 57 Million people
Hackers stole the personal data of 57 million customers and drivers from Uber Technologies Inc., a massive breach that the company concealed for more than a year, the news agency Bloomberg reports. This week, the ride-hailing firm ousted its chief security officer and one of his deputies for their roles in keeping the hack under wraps, which included a $100,000 payment to the attackers.
