Catalin Cimpanu reports: Unidentified hackers have breached the systems of a Norwegian dam and opened its water valve at full capacity in an incident this April. The incident took place at the Lake Risevatnet dam near the city of Svelgen in Southwest Norway. The valve ran at full capacity for four hours before the unauthorized change was…
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ShinyHunters and team members arrested in France (2)
The following are machine-translated bits and pieces from a fuller news story by Jean-Michel Décugis and Damien Licata Caruso: The FBI’s arrest of Conor Brian Fitzpatrick, aka “Pompompurin,” in March 2023 dealt a first blow to “Breached.” This American citizen was suspected of being the main manager of the platform, which had temporarily ceased operations….
Pro-Russian hackers disrupt Dutch government websites ahead of NATO summit
NL Times reports: On Monday morning, an online service used by Dutch municipalities and provinces to publish official documents was likely targeted by a digital attack, De Telegraaf reported. This has made web pages containing council and provincial council documents from regions such as Zuid-Holland and Overijssel, and cities including The Hague, Den Bosch, and Delft, difficult…
UK: Oxford City Council still investigating cyberattack from earlier this month
The home page of Oxford City Council displays an alert: “Disruption to ICT systems and services: We have been experiencing issues with some of our services following a cyber security incident. Most systems are now back online. Thank you for your patience as we work through any backlogs.” The full notice indicates that they experienced…
Steelmaker Nucor Says Hackers Stole Data in Recent Attack
Eduard Kovacs reports: Nucor, which claims to be the largest steel manufacturer and recycler in North America, disclosed the cybersecurity incident in mid-May. The attack involved unauthorized access to IT systems and resulted in some systems being taken offline and the temporary halting of certain production operations. Nucor on Friday shared an update on the incident in…
Ukrainian Web3 security auditing company Hacken suffered an attack that allowed a hacker to create 900 million HAI tokens
Dev.ua reports: Hacken, which searches for vulnerabilities in DeFi, NFT, and blockchain applications and produces security reports, itself encountered a major cybersecurity vulnerability that affected the mining of its HAI tokens on the Ethereum and BNB Chain networks. This led to a 98% collapse in the value of HAI. This was reported by The Crypto Times, which notes that a hacker who exploited the Hacken vulnerability…