NL Times reports: The Dutch national railway, NS, has warned about 780,000 customers that their personal data may be involved in a data breach.The train operator works closely with market research firm Blauw. External parties gained access to personal data at via a software supplier for that company. For example, e-mail addresses, telephone numbers or…
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Google reveals spyware attack on Android, iOS, and Chrome
Habiba Rashid reports: The primary target of this spyware campaign were the unsuspecting users in Italy, Malaysia, and Kazakhstan. Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) has discovered two highly-targeted mobile spyware campaigns that use zero-day exploits to deploy surveillance software against iPhone and Android smartphone users. Google TAG discovered two “distinct, limited, and highly targeted” campaigns…
ChatGPT Suffers First Data Breach, Exposes Personal Information
Dom Nicastro reports: OpenAI’s ChatGPT has suffered its first major personal data breach. The breach came during a March 20 outage and exposed payment-related and other personal information of 1.2% of the ChatGPT Plus subscribers who were active during a specific nine-hour window, according to a blog post by OpenAI Friday, March 24. “In the hours before we…
KS: Newton schools closed after network security breach
KFDI reports: The Newton school district cancelled all classes today after a computer network breach on Tuesday. So far, district officials have not said exactly what happened or what data may have been accessed. The school district says some computers are being kept offline until it can be sure they are safe to use. Newton…
Ransomware crooks are exploiting IBM file exchange bug with a 9.8 severity
Dan Goodin reports: Threat actors are exploiting a critical vulnerability in an IBM file-exchange application in hacks that install ransomware on servers, security researchers have warned. The IBM Aspera Faspex is a centralized file-exchange application that large organizations use to transfer large files or large volumes of files at very high speeds. Rather than relying…
Za: Western Cape Health condemns break-in at Ravensmead CDC
IOL reports: The Western Cape Government Health and Wellness has strongly condemned the break-in at the Ravensmead Community Day Centre (CDC) during the weekend. This comes after perpetrators gained entry to the building through the roof, damaging the roof and ceiling. Spokesperson Shimoney Regter said three computers used to update folders and update patient information…