Between 18 March 2019 and 1 December 2020 Interserve Limited (“Interserve”) failed to process personal data in a manner that ensured appropriate security of the personal data using appropriate technical and organisational measures as required by Article 5(1)(f) and Article 32 GDPR. This rendered Interserve vulnerable to a cyber-attack which took place in the period…
Category: Business Sector
Wholesale giant METRO hit by IT outage after cyberattack
Sergiu Gatlan reports: International wholesale giant METRO is experiencing infrastructure outages and store payment issues following a recent cyberattack. The company’s IT team is currently investigating the incident with the help of external experts to discover the cause of this ongoing outage. IT outages have been affecting stores in Austria, Germany, and France since at…
Massy Stores investigates cyber attack information leak
Joel Julien reports: Massy Stores is currently investigating claims that an international ransomware group has dumped over 700,000 its files, revealing the personal information of staff and customers following a hack attack earlier this year. A cybersecurity expert who verified the documents has revealed that the Hive Ransomware group has dumped 87,550 folder and 704,047…
Carousell data breach: Info from 2.6 million accounts allegedly sold on Dark Web, hacking forums
David Sun and Isabelle Liew report: A database of user accounts believed to have been stolen from online marketplace Carousell is being sold on the Dark Web and hacking forums, checks by The Sunday Times found. The database, allegedly containing 2.6 million accounts’ information, is being sold for $1,000. Carousell said on Friday that 1.95…
Computer hacker of famous musicians’ digital accounts is jailed
The UK’s Crown Prosecution Service issued the following press release today: A computer hacker who stole unreleased music from famous musicians and sold them on the dark web in exchange for cryptocurrency has today been imprisoned. Adrian Kwiatkowski (DOB: 11/10/1999) offered to sell two unreleased songs by British pop star, Ed Sheeran and 12 unreleased…
EnergyAustralia hit by cyber attack in latest breach
Freya Noble reports: EnergyAustralia is the latest business to be hit by a cyber attack, resulting in customer details being exposed. The electricity company said the breach involved the customer platform My Account and 323 residential and small business customer accounts were accessed. These accounts include the customer’s name, address, email address, electricity and gas…