NOTE: The following CSIRT alert relates to the SERNAC incident previously reported on DataBreaches. The alert is reproduced in machine translation of the original Spanish. The Computer Security Incident Response Team, Government CSIRT , reports on an incident in progress that affects a government service, during the day of Thursday, August 25, which has interrupted the…
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JP: Minamiboso City school affairs network hit by ransomware in July; still not fully recovered
It is not only schools in the US and the UK that have been affected by ransomware. A report from Minamiboso City in the Shiba Prefecture of Japan announced that the network used by the city’s primary and secondary schools had been attacked by ransomware. On July 19, the Minamiboso City Board of Education confirmed…
SERNAC computer services hacked: Chile’s Interior Ministry assessing scope of cyberattack
The National Consumer Service (SERNAC) is the public service in Chile that is responsible for safeguarding and promoting consumer rights. On August 25, LaTercera reported that SERNAC’s website was down due to a cyberattack. SERNAC is coordinating their investigation and response with the Computer Emergency Response Team (CSIRT), the division of the Ministry of the…
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Dominican Republic: The Instituto Agrario Dominicano (IAD) The IAD was reportedly hit by Quantum ransomware. According to local media reporting, the attack occurred on August 18. “They ask for more than 600 thousand dollars. We were affected by four physical servers and eight virtual servers; virtually all servers,” IAD Director of Technology Walixson Amaury Nuñez…
Chinese adult site leaking 14 million user details — and it’s increasing?!
On August 6, Waqas reported that a Chinese adult site platform had leaked more than 14 million user accounts with more than 24 GB of files. The server was reportedly updating itself with new information every second. Hjedd, an infamous Chinese adult content and NSFW platform has been exposing a treasure trove of user data…
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Brazil – Prefeitura do Rio The Prefeitura do Rio posted an announcement on its website about a cyberattack. In machine translation, it reads: Rio’s City Hall systems suffered a hacker attack in the early hours of Monday, 08/15. All services of the City Hall Portal were preventively taken offline to ensure data protection. We are working…