Abhishek Pratap reports: The Portuguese newspaper Expresso was attacked by hackers at dawn this Sunday, 2. Those responsible for the invasion are the Lapsus Group, the same team that shut down the Ministry of Health’s systems last December. The newspaper’s website displays a page similar to the one shown in the attack on the Brazilian government agency….
Category: Business Sector
Virtual Care Provider Sues Rivals, Alleging Data Theft, Patent Violation
Anuja Vaidya reports: MDsave, a direct-to-consumer virtual marketplace for healthcare services, has filed a lawsuit against three of its competitors alleging they stole and exploited MDSave’s protected data and intellectual property. The lawsuit accuses the defendants, Sesame, Green Imaging, and Tripment, of misappropriating MDSave’s protected data, falsely advertising their services, directly interfering with MDSave’s relationships with its…
Fintech firm hit by log4j hack refuses to pay $5 million ransom
Ax Sharma reports: One of the largest Vietnamese crypto trading platforms, ONUS, recently suffered a cyber attack on its payment system running a vulnerable Log4j version. Soon enough, threat actors approached ONUS to extort a $5 million sum and threatened to publish the customer data should ONUS refuse to comply. After the company’s refusal to pay the ransom, threat actors put up data…
Cyberattack on one of Norway’s largest media companies shuts down presses
Adam Janofsky reports: Amedia, the largest local news publisher in Norway, announced on Tuesday that several of its central computer systems were shut down in what it is calling an apparent “serious” cyberattack. The attack is preventing the company from printing Wednesday’s edition of physical newspapers, and presses will continue to be halted until the…
LastPass users warned their master passwords are compromised (UPDATED)
Sergiu Gatlan reports: Many LastPass users report that their master passwords have been compromised after receiving email warnings that someone tried to use them to log into their accounts from unknown locations. The email notifications also mention that the login attempts have been blocked because they were made from unfamiliar locations worldwide. If you are…
Another T-Mobile cyberattack reportedly exposed customer info and SIMs
Mitchell Clark reports: T-Mobile has suffered another cyberattack after being rocked by a massive data breach in August. This time around, attackers accessed “a small number of” customers’ accounts, according to documents posted by The T-Mo Report. According to the report, customers either fell victim to a SIM swapping attack (which could allow someone to bypass SMS-powered two-factor authentication), had…