John Davidson reports: TPG Telecom has confirmed that data freely available to download on the dark web belongs to one of its customers, following a cyber security breach of TPG’s servers in April. The 5 gigabyte download, available at no charge on at least one dark web site, comes from one of the customers of…
Category: Business Sector
UK: Customers hit as ransomware incident blacks out Doncaster insurance firm
We were so busy watching the Colonial Pipeline situation here that we appear to have missed a ransomware incident in the U.K. of note. It started typically enough, with the Doncaster Free Press reporting on May 14 that One Call Insurance had been hit the previous day, and customers were unable to reach the firm….
Some incidents reported in France this week
Some incidents that were reported in France this week: The University of Franche-Comté reported what L’Est Républicain described as a major attack n May 14. Some users received emails with malicious attachments. There does not seem to be any follow-up or notice on the university’s page, so it’s not clear how major this really was…
Domino’s India hack: new developments
There are new developments in the Domino’s India breach first disclosed last month. Zee reports: Domino’s India has become a victim of a major data leak as more than 18 crore orders’ data has been put up on dark web for sale as a searchable database, allowing hackers to track and trace users from their…
Air India data breach: Personal info of 4.5 million people leaked due to ‘sophisticated cyberattack’
Poulomi Saha reports: A massive breach in Air India’s server this February led to compromising personal data of nearly 45,00,000 [4.5 million] people worldwide. The leaked data was collected between August 26, 2011 and February 3, 2021. This included people’s personal details like name, date of birth, contact information, passport information, ticket details, credit card…
CNA Financial Paid $40 Million in Ransom After March Cyberattack
Kartikay Mehrotra and William Turton report: CNA Financial Corp., among the largest insurance companies in the U.S., paid $40 million in late March to regain control of its network after a ransomware attack, according to people with knowledge of the attack. The Chicago-based company paid the hackers about two weeks after a trove of company…