Annie Fixler writes: Since 2011, the Islamic Republic of Iran and pro-regime hackers have increasingly utilized digital technology to threaten U.S. national security, conducting dozens of cyber operations against Americans. Recently, on June 30, the U.S. government issued an advisory warning that Iran may launch additional cyberattacks against U.S. critical infrastructure and the defense industrial base….
Author: Dissent
Nigerian National Pleads Guilty to International Fraud Scheme that Defrauded Elderly U.S. Victims
It’s so hard to believe that people fall for these scams, but it happens so often that we need to just be more diligent about educating the public and reaching out to family members and friends to educate them — especially those who may not spend a lot of time on the internet to read…
Nova Scotia Power Data Breach Exposed Information of 280,000 Customers
As previously reported, Nova Scotia Power confirmed that it had been the victim of a ransomware attack in March but had not paid the ransom demands. They declined to publicly name the threat group or individual responsible. Their most recent incident update of June 25 provides some additional information for customers. On July 3, Nova…
No need to hack when it’s leaking: Brandt Kettwick Defense edition
A recent survey of 500 U.S. law firms by Proton reported that one in five law firms were targeted in a cyberattack in the past year, and 8% of law firms (39% of those who reported a cyberattack) reported losing data or suffering exposure. To make matters even worse, Proton found that 65% weren’t familiar with…
SK Telecom to be fined for late data breach report, ordered to waive cancellation fees, criminal investigation into them launched
SK Telecom continues to deal with the substantial consequences of a data breach affecting its 23 million customers. In early April, the telecom reportedly discovered signs of a massive leak of customers’ universal subscriber identity module (USIM) data due to a cyberattack. They offered free replacement of the USIMs to all their 23 million users,…
Louis Vuitton Korea suffers cyberattack as customer data leaked
Bloomberg reports: Louis Vuitton Korea suffered a cyberattack that compromised some customer data, the second time in recent months that hackers have targeted the world’s largest luxury group. The Korean unit of LVMH’s flagship brand said an “unauthorised third party” accessed its systems on June 8 and some customer information was leaked. No financial data…