Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans TalkTalk has been fined a record £400,000 for security failings over a cyber attack which allowed customer data to be accessed ‘with ease’, a watchdog announced. The Information Commissioner’s Office said the attack last October could have been prevented if The…
Contactless cards convenient for customers, and some criminals too
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans PayWave technology is making it easy for criminals to use stolen bank cards for their own financial gain, a judge says. However, banks say there are measures in place to track fraudulent spending and safeguards to prevent customers from losing The…
NSO Group Among Several Digital Spy Companies For Hire: The Biggest Customers Are Governments And Law Enforcement Agencies
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans The NSO Group, the company behind the hack that forced Apple to release emergency iOS and Mac OS X updates to patch up the vulnerabilities, is just one of several firms that sell digital spying services, with governments and law The…
ISIS hacker steals IDs from online retailer’s customers for ‘kill list’
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans The attack seemed like a garden-variety digital holdup. A computer intruder, calling himself the “Albanian hacker,” left a message for the administrator of a website for an Illinois internet retailer: Pay two Bitcoins, or about $500 at the time, and the…
JD Wetherspoon data breach exposed details of over 650,000 customers
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans JD Wetherspoon is the latest high-profile company to become victim of a cyber attack. A hacker gained access to a database containing the details of over 650,000 JD Wetherspoon customers. The database mainly contained names, dates of birth, email addresses and…
Cab driver charged with identity theft after opening bank account with customer’s IDs
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans A Springfield cab driver has been charged with identity theft after using a customer’s ID cards to open a phony bank account. The Springfield News-Leader reports (http://sgfnow.co/1HpQuyZ ) that 31-year-old Mohamed Elsaka used IDs from a wallet that a rider left…
Talktalk hack could expose customers’ bank details
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans TalkTalk’s chief executive has apologised to customers after a “significant and sustained cyber attack” on its website left millions of people potentially at risk of having had theircredit card and bank details stolen . Police are investigating the hack amid speculation…
TalkTalk Customers Data Compromised By Recent, Massive Cyber Attack!
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Telecommunications company TalkTalk has been hacked recently. Customer data seems to have been stolen, but the exact details have not yet been determined. The obvious step for the customers now is to login the account and to change their password. However,…
Talk Talk hackers start raids on customers’ bank accounts
The gang, who have dubbed themselves ‘CYBER JIHADIS’ sent a ransom demand after successfully hacking the entire customer data base of the to the communications giant. The phone and broadband provider said credit card, bank details other personal information were stolen. TalkTalk said it was “too early to say” how…
John Legere guarantees improved wireless coverage for T-Mobile customers with the new iPhones
T-Mobile CEO John Legere announced on Thursday that customers of the nation’s third largest carrier rocking the new Apple iPhone 6s or Apple iPhone 6s Plus, will have the best 4G coverage ever offered by the mobile operator. And that’s a guarantee. The new iPhone models work on T-Mobile’s low-frequency…