Belnet is a Belgian internet provider for educational institutions, research centres, scientific institutes and government services. The site was under heavy DDoS attack beginning on May 4 that impacted the ability of parliament to meet and for students to access their online services. Online reservation systems for vaccination centres were also temporarily down, according to…
Category: Business Sector
Exclusive: What Happened? A dispute between NightLion Security and Astoria Company Escalates
A DataBreaches.net exclusive: It is not uncommon for a firm to deny allegations that they have been breached. It is not uncommon for a firm to acknowledge that there has been a breach but claim that it is not as dramatic as a researcher might claim. And it is not uncommon for researchers to receive…
Peloton’s leaky API let anyone grab rider’s private account data
Zack Whittaker reports: Halfway through my Monday afternoon workout last week, I got a message from a security researcher with a screenshot of my Peloton account data. My Peloton profile is set to private and my friend’s list is deliberately zero, so nobody can view my profile, age, city, or workout history. But a bug allowed…
Ca: Boutin transport company victim of a cyber attack
Groupe Boutin Inc. is a firm in Quebec providing logistics, transportation, and warehousing services, as well as private fleets. Sam Harper reports that the firm called in a security specialist after detecting a problem and receiving a ransom demand. According to the company’s statement (translation): The customer and employee portals, accessible from their website, are…
4,700 Amazon employees had unauthorized access to private seller data
Tim De Chant reports: Thousands of Amazon employees, including those who developed private-label goods for the e-commerce giant, enjoyed years of access to sensitive third-party seller data, according to a new report. An internal audit in 2015 traced the issue to lax security protocols, including the use of a tool called “spoofer access,” which allowed…
Hackers Break Into Glovo, Europe’s $2 Billion Amazon Rival
Thomas Brewster reports: A cybercriminal has managed to break into the $2 billion-valued Spanish delivery startup Glovo. The hacker was selling access to both customer and courier accounts, with the ability to change their passwords, though the company has stressed to Forbes no credit card data has been stolen. […] Forbes was alerted to the breach by Alex Holden, chief…