Zack Whittaker and Carly Page report: The number of victims affected by a mass-ransomware attack, caused by a bug in a popular data transfer tool used by businesses around the world, continues to grow as another organization tells TechCrunch that it was also hacked. Canadian financing giant Investissement Québec confirmed to TechCrunch that “some employee personal…
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McDonald’s Korea fined $532k for breach of customers’ personal data
Yonhap News reports: McDonald’s Korea was given a fine of 696 million won (US$532,110) on Wednesday after the personal data of 4.87 million customers was leaked to hackers due to the firm’s lax data management. The Personal Information Protection Commission handed out the fine to the Korean branch of the American fast food chain, along…
Skylink hit by hacker attack
Chris Dziadul reports: M7 Group’s Czech and Slovak operator Skylink has fallen the victim of a hacker attack. In a note published on the Skylink CZ’s Facebook page, the operator said: “We apologise, currently we have reported a system outage (web, customer zone) due to a hacker attack. We are working intensively on the repair….
Dish Network updates on ransomware attack
Mike Robuk reports: Dish Network stated it reinstated the ability customers of its Boost Mobile brand to access account information as it provided an update on its bid to recover from a cyberattack in February. The operator last week explained Boost Mobile subscribers can pay their bills online, at stores and through apps. Dish Network remains tight-lipped…
What is the cost of not purging data or moving it offline, Sunday edition
Maybe one day, a law or regulation will require entities to purge old data that is no longer needed or requires it to be disconnected from the internet. If anyone needs a fresh example of why we need that type of law or regulation, here it is: Richard T. Miller, DMD, PC, d/b/a Great Neck/Mid…
Largest Crypto ATM manufacturer hacked over security hitch- Over $1.5m bitcoin (BTC) Stolen
Olivia Brooke reports: General Bytes, one of the world’s leading cryptocurrency automated teller machine (ATM) manufacturers, experienced a security breach on the 17th and 18th of March. The hacker went on to liquidate 56.28 Bitcoins, which was valued at a staggering $1.5 million at the time of the attack. The stolen Bitcoins were taken from cryptocurrency ATM operators…