Dara Kerr reports: DeepSeek said its newly popular app was hit with a cyber-attack on Monday, which forced the Chinese company to temporarily limit registrations. The attack came after the DeepSeek AI assistant app soared to the top of Apple’s App Store, becoming the highest rated free app in the US, and climbed high in Google’s Play…
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Frederick Health recently identified a ransomware attack
From Frederick Health’s website: January 28, 2025 – Frederick Health Medical Group offices are open. Please be aware that you may experience delays as we continue to operate under current circumstances. In the event that your appointment cannot proceed, the office team will work with you to reschedule as soon as possible. January 27, 2025 – Frederick…
Hong Kong govt office sorry for losing tapes with personal data
RTHK reports: The government office responsible for providing insolvency services has issued an apology after magnetic tapes containing information of about 76,000 people went missing. However, it stressed chances of a data leak is “extremely low”. The Official Receiver’s Office revealed on Monday that seven magnetic backup tapes were lost while being delivered from Immigration…
EU sanctions 3 GRU members for cyberattacks against Estonia
ERR News reports: The European Union on Monday (January 27) imposed sanctions on three members of Russia’s military intelligence (GRU), who conducted a cyberattack against Estonia in May 2020. Estonia named the three GRU members – Yuri Denisov, Nikolay Korchagin and Vitali Shevchenko – last autumn after an investigation. It then declared them international fugitives….
Let’s Secure Insurance failed to secure their own data storage. Now they have a breach.
Kumar Hemant reports: Let’s Secure Insurance Brokers Pvt Ltd., a prominent Indian insurance brokerage firm, has reportedly fallen victim to ransomware. The perpetrators, identified as the Kill Security (alias KillSec) group, claim to have gained unauthorised access to the company’s data, sparking concerns over potential data breaches. India has increasingly become a focal point for…
Slovak PM accuses Ukraine — without any evidence — of involvement in alleged “massive cyberattack”
Oleh Pavliuk and Yevhen Kizilov report: Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has said that Slovakia’s national insurance company has suffered a “massive cyberattack” and claimed, without any evidence, that Ukraine was involved. Source: European Pravda with reference to Dennik N Details: At an emergency press conference on Friday, 24 January, Fico said the cyberattack had started at noon…