Last year the Spanish DPA tackled sim swapping cases and issued monetary penalties to four telecoms for failure to adequately protect the confidential information of consumers, resulting in loss of service to consumers, but also leaving them victims or potential victims of bank fraud. Four decisions have now been posted on the EDPB website. The…
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Anonymous Claims It Hacked Russian Orthodox Church, Leaked 15 GB Data And 57,500 Emails
Ajay Sharma reports: Hacker group Anonymous has launched another attack on Russia. The Russian Orthodox Church and the Russian Lipetsk Mechanical Plant, which manufactures components for anti-aircraft missile launchers and other military equipment, were hacked by them on Friday. The hacker group posted on Twitter that they have merged and posted about 15 GB of…
Lapsus$: Two UK teenagers charged with hacking for notorious gang
Joe Tidy reports: Two teenagers from the UK have been charged by police over hacking for a notorious cyber-crime gang. A 16 and 17-year-old will appear at Highbury Corner Magistrates’ Court on Friday. The boys have been charged with multiple cyber-offences and remain in police custody. The teens were arrested as part of an international…
Solar Winds can’t dodge investor suit over massive cyberattack
Stephen Paulsen reports: An Austin-based tech company may be liable to investors after it suffered a major security breach that caused its stock price to plummet, a federal judge ruled. Although that company, SolarWinds, was itself a victim of the breach, the company may had acted recklessly in protecting its software, U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman…
Connecticut’s Bradley Airport Website Hit by DDoS; Russia’s Rosaviatsia suffers significant cyberattack
I attack you. You attack me. We both attack too easily. Too easily, but don’t you know I hate you, and that’s all I know. — lyrics never written by Art Garfunkel for his song, “All I know.” Insurance Journal reports: Connecticut officials said they were monitoring a cyberattack Tuesday that attempted to crash the…
Apple and Meta Gave User Data to Hackers Who Used Forged Legal Requests
More about the successful use of forged emergency data requests that Brian Krebs reported about yesterday. Now William Turton reports: Apple Inc. and Meta Platforms Inc., the parent company of Facebook, provided customer data to hackers who masqueraded as law enforcement officials, according to three people with knowledge of the matter. Apple and Meta provided…