Michael Pavitt reports: Login identification and passwords of some Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games ticketholders has reportedly been leaked online. Japanese news agency Kyodo quoted an unnamed Government official, who said the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee had launched an investigation into the issue. Read more on InsideTheGames.
Category: Hack
Nearly 58K targeted in Florida CONNECT website data breach, DEO says
WESH reports: Nearly 58,000 people were targeted in a data breach of Florida’s CONNECT website, the Florida Department of Economics has confirmed. The DEO said it learned of the data break on July 16 involving potentially fraudulent activity. Information that may have been accessed within the accounts included social security numbers, driver’s license numbers, bank…
German pharmacies stop issuing COVID vaccine passes after security breach
Update: I had originally linked to a report on Reuters. @Ju916 tweeted to me: First of all those were no threat actors but security researches demonstrating problems of the system in good faith. Second: those digital certificates are just comodity items. The original document (a yellow vaccination passport) can replace them in any situation. Because…
Za: Transnet reports disruption on its IT network, employees told to shut down
Transnet SOC Ltd is a large South African rail, port and pipeline company. Today, they tweeted that they were experiencing a disruption: Transnet experiencing disruption on its IT network pic.twitter.com/bGwGweySL0 — Transnet SOC Ltd (@follow_transnet) July 22, 2021 Transnet experiencing disruption on its IT network [Johannesburg; 22 July 2021] Transnet Ltd SOC (“Transnet”) is currently…
Kaseya obtains universal decryptor for REvil ransomware victims
Lawrence Abrams reports: … Today, Kaseya has stated that they received a universal decryptor for the ransomware attack from a “trusted third party” and are now distributing it to affected customers. “We can confirm we obtained a decryptor from a trusted third party but can’t share anymore about the source,” Kaseya’s SVP Corporate Marketing Dana…
Talbert House investigating hack and theft of employee and client data
On July 9, threat actors calling themselves “Marketo” added a listing to their leak site for Talbert House in Ohio. Talbert House is an agency with a network of services focusing on prevention, assessment, treatment and reintegration for clients with a variety of issues. Their affiliates include the Council on Child Abuse of Southern Ohio…