James Barton reports: A Rwandan data centre that hosts servers related to the country’s government has been brought offline by hackers. The centre, which also hosted private sector servers, was left offline for hours by a cyber attack on 18th February which blocked it from receiving traffic. This resulted in the majority of government websites –…
Month: February 2020
Israeli Marketing Company Straffic Exposes 140 GB Contacts Database
Jeremy Kirk reports: An Israeli marketing company left authentication credentials for an Elasticsearch database online, exposing more than 140 GB worth of contact details for individuals in the U.S. and Europe. The exposed data includes names, email addresses, phone numbers, physical addresses and genders, but not all records have those fields completed, according to a…
UK: Ransomware attack leaves council facing huge bill to restore services
Helen Pidd and Gregory Robinson report: A council in the north-east of England has admitted that it has suffered a cyber-attack that has disabled its IT servers for the past three weeks, leaving it with a steep bill and concerns among residents that their local government infrastructure is “in danger of collapse”. One Redcar and…
NY: Ransomware attack on Jordan Health causes computer shutdown
WROC reports: A ransomware attack at Jordan Health caused the center to take precautions and shut down computers at the facility. […] So far, forensics show patient data was not accessed. That information is stored on a separate and encrypted server that was not targeted in the attack. Read more on RochesterFirst.
Ryuk Ransomware Attack in Florida Forces Prosecutor to Drop Charges in Drug Cases
Silviu Stahie reports: A ransomware attack against the police department in Stuart, Florida last year had an unexpected consequence; the police officers had to drop several cases after losing important evidence. Read about it on Hot for Security. The story was first reported by WPTV.
OnlyFans says it wasn’t hacked after hundreds of performers’ videos leak online
Jacob Kastrenakes and Megan Farokhmanesh report: More than 1.6TB worth of videos and images from OnlyFans has been leaked online. The data dump appears to be primarily comprised of women’s accounts, specifically those who use the site to share pornographic images. OnlyFans claims it’s not due to a hack, though. Steve Pym, OnlyFans’ marketing chief, said…