Marcy Nicholson, Fabiana Batista, and Sybilla Gross report: The world’s biggest meat supplier has become the latest casualty of a cybersecurity attack, posing a fresh threat to global food security already rattled by the Covid-19 pandemic. JBS SA shut its North American and Australian computer networks after an organized assault on Sunday on some of…
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Au: BLK Sport reveals DarkSide attack
On May 26, BLK Sport disclosed that they had been attacked by DarkSide on April 21, 2021. Of note, the firm states that they have to assume that information may have been exfiltrated (because that’s how DarkSide normally operated), but they have been unable to actually determine the extent of any information theft. According to their…
INM seeking exploratory talks over legal claims following data breach
Arthur Beesley reports: Independent News & Media [INM] has signalled its interest in exploratory talks over legal claims lodged following the data breach scandal that rocked the group when businessman Denis O’Brien was its main shareholder. The claims centre on the searching of emails in 2014 that belonged to lawyers, senior journalists, former INM executives…
Iowa Law Safeguards Insurance Consumers’ Private Data
Katya Maruri reports: In a move to defend insurance consumers’ private information, Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds has enacted a bill to set new standards related to data security, investigations and cybersecurity events for insurance companies. The bill, known as HF 719, came about in response to several major data breaches involving large insurers that exposed and compromised the sensitive…
De: Waschbär reports cyberattack
Waschbär is an environmentally friendly online retailer of clothes, household goods, and other products. On its web site, there is a notice about a malware incident (the following is a machine translation. “Waschbär” means “raccoon.”) A more detailed version follows from their May 26 statement (machine translation): On Wednesday afternoon, May 19th, 2021, our company…
Klarna battles data breach with reports of leaked user info
Isabel Woodford reports: Consumers have raised the alarm about a data breach — including users’ names — at Klarna, Europe’s largest private fintech. The company, which is reportedly in the throes of closing a deal valuing it at $40bn, came under fire on Thursday after users complained they were being accidentally logged in as other people, given…