Peter N. McClelland, CIPP/US and Allen N. Trask, III of Ward and Smith write: Agribusiness may not be an industry that the public at large often associates with data breaches and hacking, but whatever the perception may be, the agricultural sector of the American economy is increasingly a ripe target for malicious foreign actors, digital…
Category: Business Sector
Ch: Cyber-attack on Swiss Cloud Computing AG
Swiss Cloud Computing AG describes itself as a leading Swiss cloud providersfor independent software vendors (ISVs) and ICT resellers. As Nau reports, they were hit with a ransomware attack last week. The type of ransomware was not reported, but approximately 6,500 of Swiss Cloud’s customers were impacted. The company has issued an updated statement that…
Hotbit cryptocurrency exchange down after hackers targeted wallets
Sergiu Gatlan reports: Cryptocurrency trading platform Hotbit has shut down all services for at least a week after a cyberattack that down several of its services on Thursday evening. Hotbit assured its roughly 2 million registered users from over 210 countries (500,000 of them using the platform’s Android app) that their cryptocurrency assets were “safe and…
Tr: Cyber attack against the company involved with the 1915 Çanakkale bridge and motorway project
DLSY, formed by four Turkish and South Korean companies: Daelim, Limak, SK E&C, and Yapı Merkezi, is responsible for the Çanakkale 1915 Bridge and Motorway Project, a project that involves 25 financial institutions from 10 countries. The partnership was hit by a cyberattack that encrypted some of the files and servers. Yurtgazetesi reports that some servers…
Codecov starts notifying customers affected by supply-chain attack
Ax Sharma reports: As of a few hours ago, Codecov has started notifying the maintainers of software repositories affected by the recent supply-chain attack. These notifications, delivered via both email and the Codecov application interface, state that the company believes the affected repositories were downloaded by threat actors. The original security advisory posted by Codecov lacked any…
Fr: Ardennes: Invicta Group at a standstill since Monday after a cyber attack
Invicta is a French company specializing in wood heating. Lylian Casier reports that the Invicta Group has suffered a cyberattack of unknown origin. According to the testimony of an employee, it would have occurred on Sunday, since it was at this time that the staff was alerted to the temporary stoppage of work by an…