Felipe Demartini reports (translation): A serious security breach exposed the information of, it is believed, all customers of the iugu services company, which operates in Brazil through financial management and automation systems. Users’ personal, banking and transaction data was available on an unprotected server for at least an hour. The discovery is by security expert…
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SG: Possible data breach involving 62,000 e-mails sent to Certis
Kenny Chee reports: About 62,000 e-mails from the public, businesses and customers of local security firm Certis, some containing NRIC and credit card numbers, may have been accessed by cyber criminals, the company said on Friday (April 9). This includes customers of Certis’ safe deposit box service. The e-mails all came from a customer service…
Cyber Breach Disclosures Still Take More Than a Month
Vincent Ryan reports: After being discovered, cybersecurity breaches are not consistently disclosed promptly, found an Audit Analytics study of public companies released on Friday. On average, publicly held companies took 53 days to disclose a breach incident after discovering it. The 53-day average disclosure timeframe is less than the 10-year average of 67 days, but…
No password required: Mobile carrier exposes data for millions of accounts
Dan Goodin reports: Q Link Wireless, a provider of low-cost mobile phone and data services to 2 million US-based customers, has been making sensitive account data available to anyone who knows a valid phone number on the carrier’s network, an analysis of the company’s account management app shows. Read more on The Register. Opinion: I…
Ransomware attacks: Ansal fears data loss
PTI reports: Realty firm Ansal Housing on Friday said that the company had faced multiple ransomware attacks on its IT system since February 26, which may have resulted in some data loss. The e-mail system had been significantly impacted resulting in non-receipt of any e-mail communication on the e-mail accounts, it said in a regulatory…
Dutch transport company Bakker Logistiek impacted by ransomware attack
Omroep Flevoland reports: (Translation): Transport company Bakker Logistiek from Zeewolde was hacked last weekend, as a result of which the company can drive fewer loads than normal. The automation system in the warehouse section is not working, but according to director Toon Verhoeven does not lead to problems. “We can deliver less, but it does not lead…