Harshita Jain reports: If you use WhatsApp for messaging, then this news is for you. The bug has been found on WhatsApp’s platform, due to which phone numbers of crores of users have been published on Google. This information was obtained from the official blog post of Cyber Company security expert Atul Jayaram. According to…
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ZEE5 allegedly hacked by ‘Korean hackers’, customer info at risk
Ax Sharma reports: A hacker identifying themselves as “John Wick” and “Korean Hackers” claim to have breached the systems for Indian video on demand giant ZEE5 and are threatening to sell the database on criminal markets. ZEE5 is an Indian streaming service with over 150 million subscribers worldwide and is part of the Essel Group conglomerate,…
Fitness Depot hit by data breach after ISP fails to ‘activate the antivirus’
Sergiu Gatlan reports that Canadian retailer Fitness Depot has disclosed a breach of their e-commerce platform that affected consumers’ personal and financial information. Gatlan reports: Based on the info in the breach notification letter the company sent to all potentially impacted individuals, the attack has all the signs of a textbook Magecart attack where the threat…
IT Services Giant Conduent Suffers Ransomware Attack, Data Breach
Ed Targett reports: Conduent, a $4.4 billion by revenue (2019) IT services giant, has admitted that a ransomware attack hit its European operations — but says it managed to restore most systems within eight hours. Although Conduent didn’t name the ransomware, the Maze Team announced the breach on their site and provided some proof of their…
Judge Pushes Back Accused LinkedIn Hacker’s Trial One Last Time Over COVID-19 Concerns
Ross Todd reports that a federal judge in San Francisco has once again delayed the resumption of the criminal trial of Yevgeniy Aleksandrovich Nikulin, the Russian man accused of hacking LinkedIn, Dropbox and Formspring. Read more on Law.com.
Agromart’s data up for auction while threat actors read — and publish — their victim’s emails about the attack
According to their website, The Agromart Group in Canada provides crop nutrients, seed, crop protection products, custom application and associated services to agricultural producers across Eastern Canada. Last month, they experienced a ransomware attack by the Sodinokibi/REvil threat actors. That in and of itself would be newsworthy, but then the threat actors decided to try…