There’s an update to a case previously noted on this site. CNS reports: A San Diego man was sentenced Thursday to nearly four years in federal prison for his role in a scheme that took millions of dollars from U.S. servicemembers by utilizing stolen identity information. Trorice Crawford, 33, pleaded guilty last December to...
Andrew Weichel reports: An investigation into a cyberattack at Vancouver Coastal Health turned up “no evidence” that data was stolen, according to officials. The health authority said malicious ransomware was discovered in data related to its Employee and Family Assistance Program on May 21, and that officials responded by bringing in external cybersecurity experts...
Priyanka Navalkar reports: A renowned Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC)-based gemological company has approached police to lodge a complaint of forgery, theft and cheating against an unidentified accused. According to the complainant, the accused allegedly stole the company’s client data, forged the logo and sent out emails to the clientele, asking them to boycott the...
Adam Bannister reports: Swvl, a bus-booking app and operator of bus routes in Egypt, Kenya, and Pakistan, has been struck by a data breach. The company, based in Cairo, became aware of “unauthorized access to its IT infrastructure” on the evening of July 3, according to a security alert. Read more on The Daily Swig.
Frank Bajak reports: At the behest of the U.S. government, German authorities have seized a computer server that hosted a huge cache of files from scores of U.S. federal, state and local law enforcement agencies obtained in a Houston data breach last month. The server was being used by a WikiLeaks-like data transparency collective...