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Air Canada app data breach involves passport numbers

August 29, 2018 World Justice News 0

Air Canada’s app has suffered a data breach resulting in the suspected loss of thousands of its customers’ personal details. The airline has warned that users who had entered their passport details into the product […]

Microsoft claims win over ‘Russian political hackers’

August 21, 2018 World Justice News 0

Russian attempts to launch cyber-attacks against US conservative groups have been thwarted, Microsoft says. The software company said Russian hackers had tried to steal data from political organisations, including the International Republican Institute and the Hudson Institute […]

US names arrested Fin7 cyber-gang suspects

August 2, 2018 World Justice News 0

Three Ukrainian citizens suspected of being part of a “prolific hacking group” have been arrested, the US Department of Justice has announced. The three men are accused of using malware to attack more than 120 US […]

CIA data leak suspect named by media

May 16, 2018 World Justice News 0

A former CIA software engineer is the prime suspect in the leaking of a stolen archive of spy agency’s secrets last year, US media have revealed. However after searching his home, prosecutors charged Joshua Schulte, […]

Pakistan Human Rights activists targeted in Facebook attacks

May 15, 2018 World Justice News 0

In December 2016 Diep Saeeda, an outspoken human rights activist from the Pakistani city of Lahore, received a short message on Facebook from someone she didn’t know but with whom she had a number of […]

Dozens charged for Infraud cyber-crime site

February 7, 2018 World Justice News 0

Thirty-six people have been charged for their alleged involvement in running a cyber-crime service responsible for more than $530m (£381m) of losses. The Infraud Organisation is said to have dealt in stolen credit cards and passwords and […]

New Credit Card Technology to combat crime

October 8, 2016 World Justice News 0

Fraud is increasingly shifting to “card-not-present” (CNP) transactions carried out mainly online due to the rise of e-commerce around the world. It represents 65% of the total card fraud. Oberthur Technologies has developed a ready-to-go […]

Human Rights

War criminal Mladic close to death, say lawyers asking judge for jail release

May 3, 2026 0

Lawyers acting for convicted Bosnian Serb war criminal Ratko Mladic are awaiting a decision by a UN court on their bid to release him from jail in The Hague on the grounds he is near […]

Human Rights

US court limits mail-order access to abortion pill mifepristone

May 2, 2026 0

A US court has issued an order significantly restricting access to the abortion pill mifepristone by mail. Friday’s decision by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals temporarily reinstated a requirement that abortion pills be obtained […]

Human Rights

The British Renters’ Rights Act comes into force – what it means for tenants and landlords

May 1, 2026 0

Described as the biggest shake-up to renting in England for more than 30 years, new laws giving tenants more rights start on Friday 1 May 2026. The Renters’ Rights Act aims to give more stability […]