Sud Ouest reports that the Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI) for Bordeaux-Gironde was the victim of a cyberattack on June 25. Accoridng to a translation of the report, CCI’s firewall system prevented the attackers from exfiltrating any data, but access to the network was blocked. Officials refused to pay an unspecified ransom demand and…
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Il: Details of over 200,000 students leaked in cyberattack
Tzvi Joffre reports: The details of about 280,000 students throughout Israel were leaked after a cyberattack targeted the AcadeME company, which services a number of colleges and universities throughout the country, last week. AcadeME helps hundreds of thousands of students find jobs at thousands of companies. A pro-Palestinian Malaysian hacker group known as “DragonForce” claimed…
Bits ‘n Pieces, Part 2: Some Non-U.S. Incidents (updated)
The Czech Republic Institut plánování a rozvoje hl. m. Prahy (IPR) (the Institute of Planning and Development of the Capital The City of Prague (IPR) reported (machine translation) that it had been infected with a crypto miner virus which used the computing capacity of the institute for crypto currency mining. For preventive reasons, it was necessary to…
Mercedes-Benz data breach exposes SSNs, credit card numbers
Ax Sharma reports: Mercedes-Benz USA has just disclosed a data breach impacting some of its customers. The company assessed 1.6 million customer records which included customer names, addresses, emails, phone numbers, and some purchased vehicle information to determine the impact. It appears the data breach exposed credit card information, social security numbers, and driver license numbers of…
Microsoft says SolarWinds hacking group has breached three new victims
Catalin Cimpanu reports: Microsoft said on Friday that it discovered new cyberattacks carried out by Nobelium, the codename the company has assigned to the Russian state-sponsored hacking group responsible for the SolarWinds hack last year. In a recent campaign, Microsoft said the group used password spraying and brute-force attacks in an attempt to guess passwords and gain access to…
Facebook Pays $6.5 Million to End Fee Fight in Breach Case
David McAfee reports: Facebook Inc. will pay $6.5 million to class counsel in a lawsuit that alleged the company’s negligence allowed hackers to obtain user information via software bugs, ending a dispute over attorneys’ fees. The parties reached an agreement prior to a hearing scheduled for Thursday, they told Judge William Alsup. The amount is described…