Dimitar Abrashev reports: A computer specialist accused of leaking personal data from Bulgaria’s revenue administration has received a suspended nine-month sentence with three years’ probation, under a plea deal approved by the Sofia City Court. The case stems from a massive cyber breach in 2019 that exposed the personal details of millions of Bulgarians. Kristian…
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Ministry of Defence data breach timeline
Some human errors are more dangerous than others. PA News reports: A data breach which may have put up to 100,000 people at risk of death or serious harm from the Taliban can now be reported more than three years after it took place. Here the PA news agency looks at the timeline of events…
Hackers Can Remotely Trigger the Brakes on American Trains and the Problem Has Been Ignored for Years
Matthew Gault reports: Many trains in the U.S. are vulnerable to a hack that can remotely lock a train’s brakes, according to the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the researcher who discovered the vulnerability. The railroad industry has known about the vulnerability for more than a decade but only recently began to fix it….
Ransomware in Italy, strike at the Diskstation gang: hacker group leader arrested in Milan
Redazione reports: A 44-year-old man, a Romanian citizen, was arrested in Milan on charges of being the main director behind a series of cyber attacks orchestrated by the ‘Diskstation’ gang. This is a criminal organisation specialised in ransomware, active mainly against companies, professionals and technical studies. The arrest, carried out by the Italian Postal Police, is the…
A year after cyber attack, Columbus could invest $23M in cybersecurity upgrades
There’s an update to the City of Columbus, Ohio cyberattack by Rhysida that affected 500,000 residents but also resulted in the city trying to muzzle a whistleblower who tried to inform the community of the true extent of the breach. Jordan Laird reports: Days before the one-year anniversary of the cyberattack that temporarily crippled Columbus’ computer…
Gravity Forms Breach Hits 1M WordPress Sites
Victoria Mossi reports: In a startling revelation for the WordPress community, a critical security breach has been uncovered in the widely used Gravity Forms plugin, signaling a sophisticated supply chain attack. According to a detailed report by Patchstack, malicious code was embedded in manual installers available directly from the official Gravity Forms website, affecting versions…