Connor Jones reports: French telco Eurofiber says cybercriminals swiped company data during an attack last week that also affected some internal systems. The B2B wholesale telco confirmed that only its French business was affected by the November 13 attack, including its cloud division and regional brands Eurafibre, FullSave, Netiwan, and Avelia. In a disclosure published on Sunday,…
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Five major changes to the regulation of cybersecurity in the UK under the Cyber Security and Resilience Bill
Mark Young & Paul Maynard of Covington and Burling write: As the UK Government has recognized, cyber incidents—such as Jaguar Land Rover, Marks and Spencer, Royal Mail and the British Library—are costing UK businesses billions annually and causing severe disruption. The Government recognizes that cybersecurity is a critical enabler of economic growth (“we cannot have growth…
French agency Pajemploi reports data breach affecting 1.2M people
Bill Toulas reports: Pajemploi, the French social security service for parents and home-based childcare providers, has suffered a data breach that may have exposed personal information of 1.2 million individuals. The incident impacts registered professional caregivers working for private employers, typically parents using the Pajemploi service part of URSSAF – the French organization that collects social…
From bad to worse: Doctor Alliance hacked again by same threat actor (1)
On November 12, DataBreaches reported that Doctor Alliance had allegedly been hacked by a threat actor who listed the data for sale on a clearnet forum. At the time, “Kazu” claimed to have 353 GB of data and had given Doctor Alliance a November 21 deadline to pay $200,000 or the data would be sold…
Surveillance tech provider Protei was hacked, its data stolen, and its website defaced
Zack Whittaker reports: A Russian telecom company that develops technology to allow phone and internet companies to conduct web surveillance and censorship was hacked, had its website defaced, and had data stolen from its servers, TechCrunch has learned. Founded in Russia, Protei makes telecommunications systems for phone and internet providers across dozens of countries, including…
Checkout.com Discloses Data Breach After Extortion Attempt
Ionut Arghire reports: Global payment service provider Checkout.com has disclosed a data breach after a known hacking group attempted to extort it. The incident, Checkout says, involved a legacy, third-party cloud file storage system that had not been used since 2020, and did not affect its payment processing platform. “The system was used for internal…