NDR reports (translation): So far unknown perpetrators have carried out a cyber attack on the Löningen chemical company Remmers. This is reported by NDR 1 Lower Saxony. The lacquer and paint manufacturer from the district of Cloppenburg therefore had to stop large parts of its production. A company spokesman said at noon that some areas have now been…
Category: Business Sector
Acer Data Breach, Sodinokibi ransomware group publishes first stolen data
Marco A. DeFelice reports: The Sodinokibi (REvil) ransomware group publishes on its website, within the Tor networks, the first documents stolen from Acer during a recent cyber attack. Acer, headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan, is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of computers, monitors, HD Ready televisions, virtual reality devices, smartphones and many other electronic products….
Malaysia call centre worker jailed for retrieving Singtel customer details that were later sold to loan sharks
Lydia Lam reports: A team leader at a call centre in Malaysia handling technical support for Singtel customers helped an ex-colleague retrieve information from more than 1,000 business accounts belonging to licensed moneylenders. The information, which included bills, company names and landline numbers, was later used by data sellers to carry out loan sharking activities….
UK: Journalists’ personal and bank details made public after publisher data breach
David Sharman reports: Journalists’ personal information and bank details have been made public after a data breach at an independent publisher. The Midlands News Association has confirmed the “data security incident”, which led to the names, addresses, bank account details, National Insurance numbers and dates of birth of a number of former employees being published online. The…
Nikkei’s Hong Kong affiliate hit by unauthorized access
Nikkei on Wednesday said incidents of unauthorized access to some email accounts used by Nikkei China (Hong Kong), an overseas group company, and Nikkei’s Hong Kong bureau have been discovered, raising concerns that personal information, including the names of customers, may have been leaked. Read more on Nikkei Asia.
Ripoff Report and Armor Games Hacker Sentenced to Prison
There’s an update to the case of a young Cypriot hacker who pleaded guilty in January to hacking Armor Games and Ripoff Report. A Nicosia court had ruled in 2019 that Joshua Epiphaniou was to be extradited here. He is the first Cypriot national ever extradited from Cyprus to the United States. Today, the U.S. Attorney’s…