Sogang University’s website was hacked, exposing the personal information of about 180,000 people, including current students and alumni. The leaked data included mobile phone numbers. Former President Park Geun-hye, who enrolled in the university’s Department of Electronic Engineering in 1970, was among those affected. Sogang University said Sunday that it discovered the breach while conducting...Read More
Computer Weekly reveals for the first time how French cyber spies hacked EncroChat phones, used by organised crime groups, in 2020. In the first of two major articles, we describe how a Czech spyware company rehacked the French hack and found that French malware – described as a national security secret – had been...Read More
SOUTH OGDEN, Utah (KUTV) — Parents at South Ogden Junior High are demanding answers from Weber School District over allegations of ongoing bullying, cyberbullying and violence that they say have affected students for years. Matt, whose child attends the school, said the bullying has escalated beyond school grounds and now follows students online through social...Read More
Pakistan will deport 284 foreign nationals, mostly from China, Vietnam and Indonesia, for their alleged involvement in sextortion and other cybercrimes, an official said on Monday. Most of the suspects had arrived in Pakistan on tourist visas and were operating from a registered IT business in Islamabad, Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Director General Usman Anwar...Read More
Refer to the Central Electricity Authority (Cyber Security in Power Sector) Regulations, 2026 here: [ PDF ] We missed this earlier: The Central Electricity Authority (CEA) notified the Central Electricity Authority (Cyber Security in Power Sector) Regulations, 2026, on July 31, 2026. However, these rules will come into effect only on April 1, 2027. Here...Read More
Agentic voice AI communications platform RingCentral has disclosed that it is contacting some of its customers regarding a recent data breach. The company said in a security update late last month that it had fallen victim to a “sophisticated social engineering campaign”. You’re out of free articles for this month
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The incident followed other recent cyberattacks involving French public institutions. Tax data belonging to around 678,000 French individuals and businesses was stolen in a cyberattack on the country’s tax authority in June and July, France’s government has said. The country’s finance ministry last Friday (14 August) confirmed the hack of the Directorate-General for Public Finance...Read More
Photo Credit: Roblox Corp. The U.S. Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism has opened a bipartisan investigation into Roblox over child safety concerns. When it rains, it pours. Gaming platform Roblox is facing increased scrutiny over concerns regarding child safety as the U.S. Senate launched a bipartisan investigation into the platform on Friday. Senators...Read More
MEPs call for EU-wide “Coco’s Law” against cyberbullying MEPs Seán Kelly, Regina Doherty, Maria Walsh and Nina Carberry are jointly calling for the introduction of an EU-wide ‘Coco’s Law’, inspired by the Irish law against online harassment and image-based abuse, alongside their EPP Grouping in the European Parliament. The Parliament will vote on a Resolution this...Read More
MEPs call for EU-wide “Coco’s Law” against cyberbullying MEPs Seán Kelly, Regina Doherty, Maria Walsh and Nina Carberry are jointly calling for the introduction of an EU-wide ‘Coco’s Law’, inspired by the Irish law against online harassment and image-based abuse, alongside their EPP Grouping in the European Parliament. The Parliament will vote on a Resolution this...Read More
