Latestly reports: Unknown hackers attacked the checkpoints of the PickPoint online order delivery service in Russia’s capital Moscow. The reports about the cyber attack surfaced on Friday. According to reports, the doors of PickPoint checkpoints began to open automatically. Read more on Latestly.com. h/t, @Chum1ng0
Category: Business Sector
The Legal Industry Has Finally Created a Data Security Standard of its Own
Kenya Parrish-Dixon of Empire Technologies Risk Management Group writes: The Association of Corporate Counsel is a professional organization comprised of in-house counsel serving the needs of in-house counsel. It has been in existence, in various forms, since 1983 and is currently an international organization with 45,000 members. After the Federal Trade Commission’s litigation support infrastructure…
Shirbit declines to pay hackers as it faces further threats of leaked documents, increased ransom
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…
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…