Swedish Government Leaks Citizen Data, AWS and Rackspace Strengthen Relationship and More in This Week’s News

Swedish Government Accidentally Leaks Citizens Personal Data

In a clumsy cloud migration, the Swedish government inadvertently exposed personal data of its citizens, including military and police sensitive info.

The Swedish Transport Agency mishandled a deal with IBM, which resulted in a leak of data about almost every vehicle in the country, including those used by both police and military.

Book a demo today to see GlobalDots is action.

Optimize cloud costs, control spend, and automate for deeper insights and efficiency.

Book a demo today to see GlobalDots is action.

The mishandled migration happened back in 2015, but the Swedish Secret Service discovered it in 2016 and started investigating. The investigation led to STA director Maria Ågren whose contract was terminated in January 2017. Ågren was found guilty of being careless with sensitive information and was also fined 70,000 Swedish krona (some $8,500).

The investigation is still ongoing.

A textured background featuring the blue and yellow colors of the Swedish flag.

Read More: Hacker News, TheLocal.se

Rackspace and AWS Push Strategic Relationship to Help Users With Cloud Migration

Rackspace and Amazon Web Services announced a new enhanced strategic relationship to help customers moving to AWS cloud capacities.

Those that look to migrate to AWS often lack the knowledge and expertise required to migrate their workloads efficiently and rapidly. The newly strengthened partnership will enable AWS and Rackspace to work closely and provide customers with their expertise, facilitating the whole migration process.

The strategic relationship consists of 3 key components:

  • Solution and Migration Advisory Services
  • Migration Service Delivery
  • Rackspace Advanced Migration Tooling

We are excited about the opportunity to work even more closely with AWS to enable companies to take full advantage of AWS services

Prashanth Chandrasekar, VP and general manager of Rackspace Fanatical Support for AWS business

Sign for Rackspace Hosting with Racker Parking direction.

Read More: Rackspace Blog

AWS Cloud Profit Keeps Amazon’s Business Results Positive

Amazon’s positive business results are still propelled by its AWS cloud offerings. According to latest reports, Amazon Web Services brought in $916 million in profit for the last quarter (Q2).

Their cloud computing operations rose 42% to $4.1 billion revenue bringing in higher sales but also an overall slower growth. AWS results greatly helped Amazon achieve an overall profit of $197 million for the quarter, which is still far from last year’s $857 million for the same period, mainly due to a rise in operating expenses.

AWS also stated it acquired a series of new customers including the likes of Ancestry and California Polytechnic State University. Along with new customers, AWS said it’s preparing to roll out new services like Greengrass software, DynamoDB Accelerator, and G3 data.

Glass doors with the Amazon Web Services logo displayed prominently.

Read More: Cloud Pro, Reuters

Wisconsin Tech Company is First-Ever Company to Offer Micro-Chip Implants to Employees

Three Square Market (32M), the Wisconsin-based marketing solution provides announced their partnership with Swedish biohacking company BioHax International. The goal is to offer microchip implants to all their employees, starting on August 1st.

The program is indeed optional, but the company expects at least 50 employees to join the “biohacking” procedure. The chips are going be implanted underneath the skin and between the thumb and forefinger. The chips contain near-field communications (NFC) and radio-frequency identification (RFID) technology.

32M stated that the chips will allow employees to log into their computers, pay for food and drinks from office vending machines, open doors, use the copy machine, and so on.

The company CEO also confirmed there’s no GPS tracking at all.

A close-up of a man holding an SD card next to his face

Read More: Hacker News, 32 Market Blog

Russian Bitcoin Exchange Operator Arrested in Greece For Laundering $4 Billion

A Russian man operating the BTC-e Bitcoin exchange platform was arrested by the Greek police. 38-year-old Alexander Vinnik has been charged with laundering over $4 billion in bitcoin involved in hacking attacks, tax fraud and drug trafficking.

Based in Russia, BTC-e, the digital currency exchange, has been offline since the arrest of Vinnik. The arrest is the latest in a series investigations against cybercriminals in Europe, following the takedown of dark web marketplaces AlphaBay and Hansa, last week.

If found guilty, Vinnik faces up to 55 years in prison.

Three men are being escorted outside a building

Read More: Hacker News, US Department of Treasury

 

Latest Articles

Gaming Company SuperPlay Reduces ElastiCache TCO with Strategic Optimization

About the Customer: SuperPlay is a leading Israeli gaming company that develops and publishes mobile games for a global audience. The company specializes in creating engaging social casino and casual gaming experiences, reaching millions of players worldwide. As a technology-driven gaming company, SuperPlay relies on robust cloud infrastructure to deliver seamless gaming experiences to their […]

Itay Tal
1st July, 2025
What is an API Security Audit?

 In January 2024, a misconfigured API exposed 650,000 private messages. These included passwords and internal communications. No exploit chain. No zero-day. Just a public-facing endpoint with no authentication. This wasn’t an isolated incident. From T-Mobile and Twitter (now X) to Kronos Research and the US Treasury, attackers have consistently used APIs as entry points. They […]

Ganesh The Awesome
26th June, 2025
The Ultimate API Security Checklist for 2025

APIs are now the top attack vector in enterprise apps. In 2024 alone, breaches tied to APIs cost an average of $4.88 million, and that number is rising fast. Attackers exploit gaps in API authentication, input validation, and outdated endpoints to compromise systems. Legacy controls no longer suffice, and the OWASP API Top 10 outlines […]

Ganesh The Awesome
26th June, 2025
10 API Security Best Practices for 2025

APIs are the backbone of today’s interconnected software. They power everything from mobile apps and SaaS platforms to internal microservices and partner integrations. But their rapid growth has left many security teams flat-footed. In 2025, many attackers prefer to exploit API misconfigurations hiding in plain sight. What used to be fringe cases (token leakage, zombie […]

Ganesh The Awesome
23rd June, 2025

Unlock Your Cloud Potential

Schedule a call with our experts. Discover new technology and get recommendations to improve your performance.

    GlobalDots' industry expertise proactively addressed structural inefficiencies that would have otherwise hindered our success. Their laser focus is why I would recommend them as a partner to other companies

    Marco Kaiser
    Marco Kaiser

    CTO

    Legal Services

    GlobalDots has helped us to scale up our innovative capabilities, and in significantly improving our service provided to our clients

    Antonio Ostuni
    Antonio Ostuni

    CIO

    IT Services

    It's common for 3rd parties to work with a limited number of vendors - GlobalDots and its multi-vendor approach is different. Thanks to GlobalDots vendors umbrella, the hybrid-cloud migration was exceedingly smooth

    Motti Shpirer
    Motti Shpirer

    VP of Infrastructure & Technology

    Advertising Services