Some hacks may be more embarrassing than others. Orange Cyberdefense is checking its own servers for signs of a breach after a post on a popular forum offered data allegedly from their firm. Data in the sample included Contact Name, Email, Phone Number, Company Name, and Solution Name. Data on the linked paste site contained…
Category: Business Sector
Bits ‘n Pieces, Saturday morning edition
In February 2022, NFL’s San Francisco 49ers confirmed a ransomware attack by BlackByte. This week they started mailing notification letters to more than 20,000 people. * * * In a bizarre incident, hackers broke into the ride-hailing service provider Yandex Taxi’s software and sent dozens of cars to the same location, resulting in a traffic…
Samsung says customer data stolen in July data breach
Zack Whittaker and Carly Page reports: Electronics giant Samsung has confirmed a data breach affecting customers’ personal information. In a brief notice, Samsung said it discovered the security incident in late-July and that an “unauthorized third party acquired information from some of Samsung’s U.S. systems.” The company said it determined customer data was compromised on August 4. Read…
Customer data from hundreds of Indonesian and Malaysian restaurants hacked by DESORDEN
Hackers known as DESORDEN have hit another big Indonesian business. This time, their victim was BOGA Group, which operates more than 200 restaurants and outlets across Indonesia and Malaysia under brand names including Bakerzin, Pepper Lunch, Paradise Dynasty, Paradise Inn, Shaburi, Kintan Buffet, Onokabe, Putu Made, Kimukatsu, Yakiniku Like, Ocean 8, Sushi Kaiyo, and Boga…
A huge Chinese database of faces and vehicle license plates spilled online
Zack Whittaker reports: While its contents might seem unremarkable for China, where facial recognition is routine and state surveillance is ubiquitous, the sheer size of the exposed database is staggering. At its peak the database held over 800 million records, representing one of the biggest known data security lapses of the year by scale, second…
Chinese hackers tied to attacks on South China Sea energy companies: US tech firm
Bloomberg reports: Chinese hackers likely targeted energy companies operating in the South China Sea and the Australian government, according to a US tech security firm, the latest accusation of coordinated cybersnooping by the Asian nation to advance its geopolitical goals. Researchers uncovered an ongoing phishing campaign lasting more than a year that has been aimed…