This is like watching a train wreck…. i24News reports: Cyberattack hackers said they’d leak more of the company’s data if it failed to pay $1 million bitcoin ransom. Israel’s Shirbit insurance company, which has reportedly been the victim of an extensive data breach carried out by the Black Shadow group, refused to meet a 9…
Category: Business Sector
Firm that built NHS Nightingale Hospital hit by cyber attack
Charlotte Regen reports: A Walsall construction business has fallen victim to a cybersecurity attack. RMD Kwikform, said it is investigating the security breach, which happened in November. Read more on BirminghamLive. The threat actors known as REvil (Sodinokibi) claim “Absolutely all servers and working computers of the company are hacked and encrypted. There was a…
Police arrest two in data theft cyberattack on Leonardo defense corp
Lawrence Abrams reports: Italian police have arrested two people allegedly for using malware to steal 10 GB of confidential data and military secrets from defense company Leonardo S.p.A. Leonardo is one of the world’s largest defense contractors, with 30% of the company owned by the Italian Ministry of Economy and Finance. Read more on BleepingComputer.
3 Million Pluto TV Users’ Data Was Hacked, But the Company Isn’t Telling Them
Joseph Cox reports: Low-level hackers are trading a database of user information stolen from Pluto TV, a popular American internet television service. But Pluto TV has decided not to proactively inform users of the breach. The move is somewhat unusual in a space where companies increasingly inform their customers of data breaches, even regarding breaches…
UK: Probe into data breach at Highland Perthshire resort after details of 2,400 members leaked online
Jamie Buchan reports: Bosses at a Perthshire holiday resort have been accused of an “inexcusable” security breach after posting the personal emails and phone numbers of more than 2,400 members on their website. The Loch Rannoch Highland Club, which counts former Tory leader Sir Iain Duncan Smith amongst its visitors, was reported to data protection…
IT: Radio Azzurra hit by cyberattack, ransom demand
Luca Mattioli reports (translated): Yes, the virus has also hit… “Radio Azzurra”. We are certainly not talking about Covid, but much more simply – so to speak – of a real cyber attack that the historic Novara radio station was the victim of yesterday. «In forty-five years of activity I have seen many – admits…