Graham Cluley writes: Vesuvius, the London Stock Exchange-listed molten metal flow engineering company, says it has been hit by a cyber attack. This morning, Vesuvius issued an alert that it was “currently managing a cyber incident.” Read more at GrahamCluley.com.
Category: Business Sector
Russian e-commerce giant exposed buyers’ delivery addresses
Jurgita Lapienytė reports: A leading electrical engineering company in Russia, Elevel, has exposed its customers’ personally identifiable information (PII,) including full names and addresses. Founded in 1991, Elevel (previously Eleko) positions itself as the leading Russian electrical engineering company that runs both an e-commerce business and wholesale stores. On January 24, the Cybernews research team…
Major Cybercrime Crackdown: Encrypted Messenger Exclu Seized
Waqas reports: So far, authorities have arrested 48 people in connection with Exclu, discovered two drug labs and a cocaine-processing facility, and confiscated $4.3 million, several kilograms of drugs, and luxury items. European law-enforcement authorities have seized Exclu, an encrypted communication service that cybercriminals used as their primary channel to carry out organized crime, mainly…
LockBit ransomware gang claims Royal Mail cyberattack
Sergiu Gatlan reports: The LockBit ransomware operation has claimed the cyberattack on UK’s leading mail delivery service Royal Mail that forced the company to halt its international shipping services due to “severe service disruption.” This comes after LockBitSupport, the ransomware gang public-facing representative, previously told BleepingComputer that the LockBit cybercrime group did not attack Royal Mail. Instead, they blamed the attack…
Au: Sydney man avoids jail over scam texts using Optus hack data
Joanna Guelas reports: A 20-year-old man has evaded a potentially decade-long jail sentence after trying to scam $2000 from Optus customers affected by its September data breach. Dennis Su, 19 at the time, pleaded guilty in November to texting 92 Optus customers and demanding they transfer $2000 to a CBA bank account “or face their…
Taiwan car rental platform iRent plans compensation for data leak victims
Matthew Strong reports: Car rental and carshare platform iRent will prepare a compensation package for 400,000 clients deemed at risk from a recent leakage of private data, reports said Saturday (Feb. 4). The service, which is managed by Hotai Motor, the group manufacturing Toyota vehicles in Taiwan, was accused of having left users’ personal information…