Android phone company OnePlus is investigating claims that customers’ credit card numbers have been stolen after they used its online shop. The company has stopped taking credit card payments while…
Month: January 2018
Hackers steal $400,000 of crypto-currency
ackers have stolen $400,000 (£290,000) of the virtual currency Stellar Lumen in an online attack on Saturday. The group hijacked the server that hosts BlackWallet, a web-based wallet application that…
Carphone Warehouse fined £400,000 over data breach
Carphone Warehouse has been fined £400,000 by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) after a data breach in 2015. Hackers gained unauthorised access to the personal data of more than three…
SCADA mobile app security is getting worse
By John Leyden The security of mobile apps that tie in with Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems has deteriorated over the last two-and-a-half years, according to new research.…
Taiwanese police give cyber-security quiz winners infected devices
Police have apologised after giving infected memory sticks as prizes in a government-run cyber-security quiz. Taiwan’s national police agency said 54 of the flash drives it gave out at an…