The following is a Google translation of a post originally published in French by Europe1 with AVP: The town of Betton (Ille-et-Vilaine), close to Rennes, was the victim of a cyberattack by hackers who disseminated personal data due to the municipality’s refusal to pay a “ransom”, according to corroborating sources. The “ransomware” attack was committed…
Author: Dissent
Experiment: How easy it was for me to influence Anonymous hacktivists
Jesse William McGraw writes: To say that we are living in a volatile time would be a brazen understatement. Since the onset of #OpRussia and successive operations, arguably the entire landscape of hacktivism has changed. On February 25th, 2022, Anonymous officially declared war on Russia in response to the Russian-Ukrainian war. What I witnessed in…
“I’m Not Pro-Russia and I’m Not a Terrorist!” —- InfraGard and Airbus Hacker “USDoD” Unveils His New Campaigns
The first time DataBreaches remembers hearing about the man who calls himself “USDoD” was when he posted a sales listing for member data from InfraGard. He had not only managed to acquire data on 80,000 members of an organization dedicated to protecting critical infrastructure, but his revelation of his method exposed some embarrassingly inept security…
Sweden’s Privacy Protection Agency fines insurer Trygg-Hansa for exposing sensitive customer data
The following press release was issued August 30 by Sweden’s Authority for Privacy Protection (IMY): Trygg-Hansa’s security flaws have meant that information on 650,000 customers has been accessible via the internet. The Privacy Protection Agency (IMY) is now issuing an administrative sanction fee of SEK 35 million against the company. After receiving a tip, IMY began…
Personal Data Protection Commissioner of Singapore announces two decisions
The Personal Data Protection Commissioner of Singapore (PDPC) announced two decisions this week: A financial penalty of $3,000 was imposed on Autobahn Rent A Car for failing to put in place reasonable security arrangements to protect the personal data in its possession or under its control. Directions were also issued to strengthen access control measures…
BlackCat ransomware hits Azure Storage with Sphynx encryptor
Sergiu Gatlan reports: The BlackCat (ALPHV) ransomware gang now uses stolen Microsoft accounts and the recently spotted Sphynx encryptor to encrypt targets’ Azure cloud storage. While investigating a recent breach, Sophos X-Ops incident responders discovered that the attackers used a new Sphynx variant with added support for using custom credentials. Read more at BleepingComputer.