Dipak Mondal reports: At 12 noon yesterday, the GST Network (GSTN), the IT backbone of the Goods and Services Tax, put out a tweet saying that it had detected “some activity in the cyberspace by unscrupulous elements because of which some taxpayers may have experienced difficulties/delays in accessing the GST portal which otherwise is working…
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Colliers International Group gets slammed by cyberattack
Lyle Adriano reports: Colliers International Group, a Toronto-based commercial real estate services firm, has acknowledged that it suffered a cyberattack last November. However, the company would not confirm whether the cyber incident involved ransomware. A spokesperson for Colliers verified that it had been targeted by a cyberattack after IT World Canada confronted the company about a…
Former ADT Technician Pleads Guilty to Having Hacked Customers’ Home Security Video Feeds
A home security technician has pleaded guilty to repeatedly hacking into customers’ video feeds, announced Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Prerak Shah. Telesforo Aviles, a 35-year-old former ADT employee, pleaded guilty to computer fraud on Thursday before Magistrate Judge David Horan. “This defendant, entrusted with safeguarding customers’ homes, instead intruded on their…
AU: Woolworths gave customer data to NSW Health
Casey Tonkin reports: Woolworths gave data about customers who use its Everyday Rewards scheme to NSW Health in order to assist contact tracers. At the outbreak of the recent Berala cluster linked to a BWS in Sydney’s west, Woolworths analysed information from its Everyday Rewards loyalty scheme to find customers who visited the store at times when…
Giant leak exposes data from almost all Brazilians
Leonard Manson reports: On Tuesday morning (19), the dfndr lab, PSafe’s cybersecurity laboratory, reported a huge leak in a Brazilian database that may have exposed the CPF number and other confidential information of millions of people. According to the experts, who use artificial intelligence techniques to identify malicious links and fake news, the leaked data…
Ucar reveals cyberattack earlier this year
Lesechos reports (translation): The vehicle rental company Ucar revealed on Wednesday January 20 that it had been the target of ransomware earlier this year. The hackers found a gateway into its servers and rushed into it. “The full analysis of the attack, its depth and the associated issues, is still ongoing, ” said Nicolas Martin,…