Joe Tidy reports: Hackers have told the BBC they carried out a destructive cyber-attack against Holiday Inn owner Intercontinental Hotels Group (IHG) “for fun”. Describing themselves as a couple from Vietnam, they say they first tried a ransomware attack, then deleted large amounts of data when they were foiled. They accessed the FTSE 100 firm’s…
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Starbucks Singapore hit by data breach affecting rewards program customers
CNA reports: Starbucks Singapore has been hit by a data breach affecting customers of its rewards membership programme. In an email sent to customers on Friday (Sep 16), Starbucks said it discovered “some unauthorised access” to user details such as name, gender, date of birth, mobile number, email address and residential address. Read more at…
Bits ‘n Pieces (Trozos y Piezas)
Ransomware attacks continue This week, LockBit added four entities related to South America: Chile, Colombia, and Venezuela: Comision Nacional de Acreditación in Chile CNA is a public entity that seeks to evaluate and accredit the quality of the Institutions of Higher Education in Chile. DataBreaches sent an email to them yesterday to ask them if…
Uber responding to “cybersecurity incident” following reports of significant data breach
Michael Hill reports: Ride-hailing giant Uber has confirmed that it is responding to a cybersecurity incident as reports emerge that the firm has suffered a significant network data breach forcing it to shut down several internal communications and engineering systems. Attacker announces Uber breach through compromised Slack account In a statement on Twitter, Uber wrote…
Vulnerability allows access to credentials in Microsoft Teams
Steve Zurier reports: Researchers on Tuesday reported that this past August they identified an attack path that lets malicious actors with file system access to steal credentials for any Microsoft Teams user who’s logged-on. In a Sept. 13 blog post, the Vectra Protect team said because attackers do not require elevated permissions to read these…
Fired Uber attorney testifies against ex-security chief in trial over 2016 data breach cover-up
Maria Dinzeo reports: A onetime attorney for Uber who was fired for his role in a suspected coverup of a major 2016 data breach took the stand in the criminal criminal obstruction trial of his former boss on Wednesday, testifying that ex-security chief Joe Sullivan was responsible for changes to a nondisclosure agreement with two…