A database of contact information for hundreds of Verizon employees is in the hands of cybercriminals, after a member of staff was duped into granting a hacker access to their work PC.
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Category: data breach
Central Bedfordshire Council failed to properly redact the details of 'dozens and dozens' of pupils with special educational needs when responding to a Freedom of Information request, publishing them on a public website.
One of the largest library services in Germany, EKZ Bibliotheksservice, has been impacted by a ransomware attack that has left book lovers unable to rent and borrow eBooks, audio books, and electronic magazines.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
UK’s Ministry of Defense (MoD) has released a press statement that few of its servers might have been compromised by hackers believed to be working for the Russian government. The suspicion finger pointed out towards Kremlin as the cyber crooks stolen classical data related to 100 British Army recruits who were working in other nations as spies.
News is out that the activity was conducted in January this year when a Russian agent infiltrated a database belonging to MoD and stole critical information.
Details of the hack were detected in the first week of April 2022 while the IT staff was going through a routine security check.
As of now, hacked details of only 124 spies were found to be stolen from an outsourcing firm named Capita and the numbers might increase as the investigation unfolds the mystery on a further note.
The data steal was discovered when a hacking group was trying to sell information related to 9 spies on the dark web while promoting the activity on Twitter.
Information Commissioner’s Office has taken a note of the situation and is assured to react after a detailed investigation report is submitted to it.
Tory MP Mark Francois tagged the data breach as extremely concerning for the government and entire nation, as data leaks could put the lives of the on-duty spies working for the nation and their families in extreme danger.
Cybersecurity Insiders have learnt that hackers got their hands on the details such as addresses, DoBs, qualifications, employment history, full names and family details.
Note- Capita is handed over £3 billion worth of business every year by governments and private entities and from the past three years received £900m as contract amount with the MoD to run Army Recruitment.
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Costa Rica's outgoing president, Carlos Alvarado Quesada, has said that a ransomware attack on the government's computer systems was an attempt to destabilise the country as it transitions to a new administration.
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A Caribbean based company is urging its customers to delete credit card info saved onto its website after it detected a data breach on its servers. Aeropost, Inc that is into the business of logistics and e-commerce, is asking its customers to delete all card related info saved onto the company’s account, respectively.
Details about the data breach have been withheld. But on April 24th this year, Aeropost admitted via its twitter handle that cyber attack and some critical info hit its servers such as credit card details might have been accessed by hackers.
Preliminary inquires have revealed cyber criminals somehow surpassed the installed multi-level data security barrier and accessed card details.
Aeropost is asking for two things from its customers- one is to delete all the financial details from the account created on the Aerospace database. Second, it is also encouraging its customers to contact their concerned bank and cancel the cards issued by the bank if possible…..now, that’s interesting….isn’t it?
Florida based Aeropost servers around 38 countries in Latin America and the whole of Caribbean. It is asking its customers to monitor the transactions made through their credit card and report any discrepancies. The company is also encouraging its customers to change the password of their respective accounts.
Note 1- Aeropost has an employee count of over 1k people and generates revenue of $89 million on an annual note. If customer/s will seek more information on the breach or are interested in suing the company can approach a data breach lawyer.
Note 2- PriceSmart acquired Aeropost in the year 2018 and in October 2021 sold the company to another business firm Click to Collect Company LTD in the Bahamas. But details on whether the sale was completed or not are yet to be revealed.
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Researchers have spotted that the TOR address used by the notorious REvil ransomware gang is now redirecting to a new website, with information about seemingly new attacks.
Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog.
A man loses $650,000 from his cryptocurrency wallet after his Apple iCloud account is hacked, video conferencing apps may not be muting your mic quite the way you imagined, and Google has unblurred military bases in Russia... or has it?
All this and much more is discussed in the latest edition of the award-winning "Smashing Security" podcast by computer security veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault, joined this week by The Cyberwire's Dave Bittner.
Online greeting cards business Funky Pigeon was forced to close its doors temporarily last week after a "cybersecurity incident."
Visitors to the company's website were still being greeted as recently as Monday with a message saying that it could not accept new orders.
Pulchritudinous women with glossy long hair are targeting Israeli officials via Facebook - but why? Scammers have found a new way to gain access to your most sensitive information - but how? And armchair detectives are helping investigating cold cases involving DNA - but should they?
All this and much more is discussed in the latest edition of the award-winning "Smashing Security" podcast by computer security veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault, joined this week by Maria Varmazis.