Security Affairs

MARCH 25, 2022

UK police suspect that a 16-year-old from Oxford is one of the leaders of the popular Lapsus$ extortion group. The City of London Police announced to have arrested seven teenagers suspected of being members of the notorious Lapsus$ extortion gang , which is believed to be based in South America. Our inquiries remain ongoing.”

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Security Affairs

APRIL 2, 2022

The City of London Police charged two of the seven teenagers who were arrested for their alleged role in the LAPSUS$ data extortion gang. The City of London Police charged two of the seven teenagers recently arrested by the UK police for their alleged membership in the Lapsus$ extortion gang. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Data Breach Today

MARCH 25, 2022

Lapsus$ Claimed Responsibility for Numerous Hacks, Including of Okta and Microsoft Police in London say they've arrested seven people that the BBC reports are tied to the Lapsus$ hacking group, which has claimed responsibility for data breaches involving Okta, Microsoft, Nvidia, Ubisoft and more.

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DECEMBER 28, 2020

NCA: Now-Defunct Website Sold Access to 12 Billion Personal Records Police in the U.K. have arrested 21 people who were customers of the now-defunct WeLeakInfo website that provided cybercriminals with access to over 12 billion personal records culled from 10,000 data breaches, according to Britain's National Crime Agency.

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Data Breach Today

DECEMBER 29, 2020

Now-Shuttered Site Sold Access to 12 Billion Personal Records, Authorities Say Britain's National Crime Agency says 21 individuals have been arrested on suspicion of purchasing personally identifiable information from the WLeakInfo website.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 26, 2024

The Finnish Police attributed the attack against the parliament that occurred in March 2021 to the China-linked group APT31. The Finnish Police attributed the March 2021 attack on the parliament to the China-linked group APT31. According to the police, the offences were committed between autumn 2020 and early 2021.

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Hunton Privacy

AUGUST 12, 2020

Bridges, the civil liberties campaigner who originally brought judicial review proceedings after South Wales Police launched a project involving the use of AFR (“AFR Locate”) appealed the High Court’s dismissal. Where a match was not made with any of these watchlists, the images were immediately and automatically deleted.

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The Guardian Data Protection

AUGUST 14, 2019

Suprema is the security company responsible for the web-based Biostar 2 biometrics lock system that allows centralised control for access to secure facilities like warehouses or office buildings.

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Data Breach Today

OCTOBER 1, 2019

British police have auctioned off bitcoins and other cryptocurrencies seized from a U.K. Will Auction Serve as a Model for Others Worldwide? teenager who participated in the hack of the London-based telecommunications firm TalkTalk in 2015.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Cops in the UK are drastically increasing the amount they use it. Face recognition technology has been controversial for years.

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Data Breach Today

JULY 22, 2021

Spanish Police Arrested UK Citizen Joseph O'Connor at Request of US Prosecutors A U.K. citizen was arrested in Spain Wednesday at the request of the U.S. Justice Department for his alleged role in a July 2020 hack of Twitter and additional incidents involving TikTok and Snapchat. This is the third arrest in the Twitter case so far.

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APRIL 18, 2024

The phishing-as-a-service platform was available on the clear web and has been shut down by the police. A Melbourne man and an Adelaide man, who police will allege were LabHost users, were arrested during the warrants and charged with cybercrime-related offences. ” reported the AFP. ” reported the AFP. ” The U.K.

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The Guardian Data Protection

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

Related: UK intelligence agencies face surveillance claims in European court Continue reading.

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Data Breach Today

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

s chief privacy watchdog, is urging police to go slow when it comes to using live facial recognition. She also calls on the government to create a statutory code of practice for police use of the technology. Commissioner Elizabeth Denham Also Calls for Creating a 'Code of Practice' Elizabeth Denham, the U.K.'s

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 28, 2023

“Users based in the UK will be contacted by the National Crime Agency or police and warned about engaging in cyber crime. The NCA says hiring or launching attacks designed to knock websites or users offline is punishable in the UK under the Computer Misuse Act 1990. ” the NCA announcement continues.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

They send an email to the employee urging him to participate in a video call with the UK-based CFO to receive instructions for transactions to be performed. “Hong Kong police senior superintendent Baron Chan said that during the video call, the employee was asked to do a self-introduction, but did not interact with anyone else.”

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Dark Reading

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

This incident bears notable resemblance to an attack that occurred just last month affecting London's Metropolitan Police, raising concerns over UK cybersecurity safeguards for public safety.

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The Guardian Data Protection

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Simon Byrne resigns as head of PSNI after data breach and unlawful disciplining of two junior officers UK politics live – latest updates The chief constable of Northern Ireland’s police service, Simon Byrne, has resigned after a series of controversies, including a major data leak and the unlawful disciplining of two junior officers.

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WIRED Threat Level

SEPTEMBER 18, 2022

Snipers on buildings. Drone no-fly zones. Temporary CCTV. The security plan is even more complex than it was for the London 2012 Olympics.

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Data Breach Today

AUGUST 26, 2019

UK Authorities Want to Compensate Grant West's Victims U.K. million in cryptocurrency from a notorious British hacker who carried out attacks that targeted more than 100 companies over a two-year period, according to the Metropolitan Police Service. authorities are attempting to seize more than $1.1

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AUGUST 13, 2023

Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free for you in your email box. Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press.

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Data Breach Today

JANUARY 31, 2020

Malware-Wielding Gang Moved $14 Million to US, UK, Hong Kong and Czech Accounts Police in the United Kingdom have arrested six suspects as part of a money laundering investigation tied to the February 2019 theft of $14 million from one of Malta's largest banks. Czech Republic and Hong Kong.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Seized Customer Data Appears to Be Powering Ongoing Dutch and UK Probes Hundreds of suspected customers of Webstresser, a DDoS stresser/booter site that was disrupted last year, are being visited by law enforcement agents and may see jail time.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2022

“According to the police, some victims have seen their savings or pension pot disappear within hours.” ” reported the Dutch Police. The investigation, dubbed Operation Elaborate, was launched in October 2021 at the request of the UK authorities. me and ispoof[.]cc). me and ispoof[.]cc). Pierluigi Paganini.

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The Guardian Data Protection

MAY 21, 2019

Supported by the campaign group Liberty, Ed Bridges, from Cardiff, raised money through crowdfunding to launch the first major legal action, claiming the suspected use of the technology on him by South Wales police was an unlawful violation of privacy. Related: Facial recognition will soon be everywhere. Are we prepared?

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 25, 2022

The City of London Police this week announced the arrest of a 17-year-old teenager on suspicion of hacking. The City of London Police on Friday announced to have arrested a 17-year-old teenager on suspicion of hacking, however, experts believe the arrest could be linked to the recent security breaches suffered by Uber and Rockstar Games.

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The Guardian Data Protection

MAY 22, 2019

South Wales force defends use of technology after office worker claims rights breach Facial recognition cameras prevent crime, protect the public and do not breach the privacy of innocent people whose images are captured, a police force has argued.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 3, 2021

NCA arrested 21 people in the UK as part of an operation targeting customers of WeLeakInfo service that advertised stolen personal credentials. 21 people have been arrested in the UK as part of an operation against customers of the WeLeakInfo[.]com ” reads the announcement published by the UK NCA.

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Schneier on Security

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

UK hospitals had to redirect patients during the 2017 WannaCry ransomware attack , but there were no documented fatalities from that event. The police are treating this as a homicide. A Dusseldorf woman died when a ransomware attack against a hospital forced her to be taken to a different hospital in another city.

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The Guardian Data Protection

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Strasbourg decision in Fergus Gaughran’s case is problem for police data storage UK police who indefinitely retained in their records the DNA profile of a man convicted of drink-driving breached his human rights, Strasbourg judges have ruled. Continue reading.

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IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

– JDSupra (unknown) VNS Health Confirms Data Breach at TMG Health Resulted in Data of 103,775 Consumers Being Leaked | Console and Associates, P.C. – JDSupra (unknown) Hillsborough County Confirms MOVEit Data Breach Leaks Information of 70k+ | Console and Associates, P.C.

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IT Governance

AUGUST 10, 2023

This week, we discuss data breaches affecting the Electoral Commission and the Police Service of Northern Ireland, and the financial repercussions of Capita’s March ransomware incident. The post IT Governance Podcast 11.8.23: Electoral Commission, PSNI, Capita appeared first on IT Governance UK Blog.

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IT Governance

MAY 19, 2022

The Italian police force announced this week that it thwarted a cyber attack on the Eurovision Song Contest. Throughout the semi-final and final, the Italian police force’s cyber security department blocked several attacks on the venue’s network infrastructure. Russian political aggression. Killnet wages war.

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The Guardian Data Protection

DECEMBER 26, 2020

Its effect, he said, would be to allow the UK to “set its own laws again”. UK policing has forfeited some of its most valued tools. This should be the beginning of a moment of national renewal for us. All choices are in our hands as a country and it’s now up to us to decide how we use them and how we go forward in the future.”

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Data Protector

AUGUST 17, 2020

To recap, in 2016 the IPA brought together all the existing covert and overt statutory powers that were then available to enable the UK’s intelligence agencies, police and other investigatory authorities obtain intelligence and communications data.

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Schneier on Security

APRIL 3, 2023

“Users based in the UK will be contacted by the National Crime Agency or police and warned about engaging in cyber crime. . “Users based in the UK will be contacted by the National Crime Agency or police and warned about engaging in cyber crime. ” the NCA announcement continues.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

On April 2022, the City of London Police charged two of the seven teenagers arrested in March by the UK police for their alleged membership in the Lapsus$ extortion gang. UK police suspect that a 16-year-old from Oxford is one of the leaders of the popular Lapsus$ group. ” continues the update.

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