Nate Tabak reports: A ransomware gang is threatening to release a massive trove of data stolen from shipping firm ECU Worldwide more than a month after a cyberattack caused serious disruptions to its online platforms. The Mount Locker ransomware gang claimed in a post to its leak site on Sunday that it had taken 2…
Category: Business Sector
Booking.com hit with €475K penalty for failing to report a breach within 72 hours
Politico reports: Hotel booking site Booking.com got hit with a €475,000 fine for being late to report a data breach, the company’s lead EU privacy regulator announced Wednesday. The fine, imposed by the Dutch data protection authority because the company is legally established in Amsterdam, came after criminals stole the personal data of more than…
Whistleblower: Ubiquiti Breach “Catastrophic”
Brian Krebs reports: On Jan. 11, Ubiquiti Inc. [NYSE:UI] — a major vendor of cloud-enabled Internet of Things (IoT) devices such as routers, network video recorders and security cameras — disclosed that a breach involving a third-party cloud provider had exposed customer account credentials. Now a source who participated in the response to that breach alleges Ubiquiti…
UPDATE: Seller of alleged MobiKwik data deletes all the data and says “Adios!”
The following post by the original poster/seller appeared on the forum where the MobiKwik data — or what was purported to be MobiKwik data — was offered for sale: Major Update: =========== So, we have received probably 100-150 mails/messages last 24 hours regarding this leak. People praising us for hacking???, people wanting to learn hacking,…
Mobikwik offers master class in how NOT to respond to a breach; researchers scoff, consumers rage
Things have rapidly escalated in the wake of Mobikwik’s repeated denials that the digital wallet and payments network firm had a massive breach. As DataBreaches.net reported on Sunday, more than 8 TB of data from the firm had been listed for sale on a popular forum, data that allegedly included KYC (Know Your Customer) data…
FR: Hackers attack Telethon: biotech YposKesi targeted with ransomware
Damien Licata Caruso and Nolwenn Cosson report (translated): It is a new type of ransomware that has specialized in targets in the healthcare industry. In a publication on their DarkWeb site, the Babuk group of cybercriminals claimed responsibility for the intrusion and theft of 23 GB of data from YposKesi’s computer system on Friday evening. The result…