PTI reports: Realty firm Ansal Housing on Friday said that the company had faced multiple ransomware attacks on its IT system since February 26, which may have resulted in some data loss. The e-mail system had been significantly impacted resulting in non-receipt of any e-mail communication on the e-mail accounts, it said in a regulatory…
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Dutch transport company Bakker Logistiek impacted by ransomware attack
Omroep Flevoland reports: (Translation): Transport company Bakker Logistiek from Zeewolde was hacked last weekend, as a result of which the company can drive fewer loads than normal. The automation system in the warehouse section is not working, but according to director Toon Verhoeven does not lead to problems. “We can deliver less, but it does not lead…
Proctor-U agrees to security audit thanks to inquiries by Senator Wyden
Sean Lyngaas reports: A company whose software has been widely used to administer law school entrance exams during the coronavirus pandemic has agreed to an independent audit of the software after a U.S. senator raised cybersecurity concerns about the product. Alabama-based ProctorU’s web-browser extension software has allowed people across the U.S. to take the LSAT…
AT: Nah&Frisch Wieser Türnitz hit by ransomware attack
Gila Wohlmann reports (translation): “Due to cyberattacks and blackmail, we will probably be closed from Wednesday, April 7th.” This note has been hanging on Georg Wieser’s Türnitzer “Nah & Frisch” market for the past few days. “We just wanted to inform our customers, the EDP is now taking care of rectification,” he confirms the incident…
Hong Kong’s privacy watchdog checking whether city residents exposed in massive LinkedIn data leak
The 500m Facebook leak is not the only 500m leak in the news this past week. There’s also a leak allegedly involving LinkedIn, and now regulators are also looking into that one, too. Danny Mok reports: Hong Kong’s privacy watchdog was seeking clarifications on Wednesday night from career networking site LinkedIn over residents’ possible exposure…
What Really Caused Facebook’s 500M-User Data Leak?
Lily Hay Newman reports: Since Saturday, a massive trove of Facebook data has circulated publicly, splashing information from roughly 533 million Facebook users across the internet. The data includes things like profile names, Facebook ID numbers, email addresses, and phone numbers. It’s all the kind of information that may already have been leaked or scraped from some…