Erin Hudson reports: Thousands of New York residents who live in buildings run by Douglas Elliman’s property management arm may have had their personal information compromised this month. Douglas Elliman Property Management’s three managing directors emailed hundreds of co-operative and condominium boards Monday to advise them that the company’s IT network — which contains data…
Category: Business Sector
Chinese military seen behind Japan cyberattacks
Kyodo and Bloomberg News report: China’s military is thought to have instructed a hacker group to conduct cyberattacks on nearly 200 companies and research institutes in Japan, including the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, investigative sources said Tuesday. Tokyo police referred a Chinese man, who is a member of the Chinese Communist Party, to prosecutors Tuesday…
Fr: Cegos victim of ransomware attack
Update of April 23: A sharp reader pointed out that Cegos Group never actually declared this a ransomware attack, so my headline and first sentence either jumped the gun or are wrong. I have emailed Cegos to ask them if they will clarify and will update this if a response is received. Cegos Group, a…
UK: Drinks giant C&C Group subsidiary shuts down IT systems following security incident
Adam Bannister reports: Matthew Clark Bibendum (MCB), a distributor of alcoholic beverages and soft drinks in the UK and Ireland, says it’s working to restore IT systems following a cybersecurity incident. In a statement issued yesterday (April 18), constituent businesses Matthew Clark and Bibendum said they were “temporarily supporting customers and suppliers manually” having become…
Hackers Target Iconic Japan’s Toshiba Rival Hoya With Ransomware
Daniele Lepido reports: A group of hackers executed a ransomware attack on Hoya Corp, marking the second successful attack suffered by the Japanese firm in two years. ”We can confirm that Hoya Vision Care US has experienced a cyberattack. Based on our initial forensics, the disruption appears to have been limited to our United States…
11th Circuit Asked to Toss Out Massive US Data Breach Settlement
Izzy Kapnick reports: A $380 million settlement over the 2017 Equifax data breach is hanging in the balance in the 11th Circuit, where a tort-reform attorney argued Tuesday that the deal unfairly lumped all plaintiffs into a single class. During the cantankerous appellate hearing, a three-judge panel weighed whether to preserve the historic settlement arising…