Anton Nilsson reports: Hackers have claimed they have gained access to “tens of thousands” of SIM cards after a cyber attack against an Australian telecom firm. The victim, Melbourne-based Schepisi Communications, describes itself as a “platinum partner” of Telstra that supplies phone numbers and cloud storage services on behalf of the telecommunications giant. The company’s…
Category: Business Sector
Fr: Colis Privé reports a cyber-attack is causing disruption in operations
Colis Privé specializes in home and relay delivery of packages to you, individuals, within 24 to 48 hours. It is a subsidiary of Hopps Group. The firm announced a breach on its web site. Translated, it reads: Colis Privé was the victim of a cyber attack. Our IT teams have quickly isolated the incident and…
Za: VirginActive goes offline after cyberattack
Virgin Active is a chain of health clubs in South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Italy, Australia, Singapore, Thailand and the United Kingdom. In a statement on April 30, they disclosed a cyber attack: Statement: 30 April 2021 Virgin Active South Africa became aware of a cyber-attack yesterday and our security teams immediately started working with cybersecurity…
TRB’s Registration Database Hacked in Vendor’s Ransomware Attack
Transport Topics reports: The Transportation Research Board’s annual meeting registration services database was compromised in March by cybercriminals in a ransomware attack, the organization announced April 28. “As a result of the attack, personal information for those who registered for TRB annual meetings from 2015-2021, may have been exposed and obtained in the attack,” TRB…
Iranian Hackers Hit H&M Israel as Local Firms Fight New Wave of Cyberattacks
Amitai Ziv reports: Israel is in the midst of a new wave of cyberattacks, some six months after over 80 Israel companies were targeted in a string of ransom attacks that experts said were ideologically and not financially motivated. At least four Israeli companies have been hit and one nonprofit may have been targeted by…
Ripe for the Picking: Hackers Target Agribusinesses
Peter N. McClelland, CIPP/US and Allen N. Trask, III of Ward and Smith write: Agribusiness may not be an industry that the public at large often associates with data breaches and hacking, but whatever the perception may be, the agricultural sector of the American economy is increasingly a ripe target for malicious foreign actors, digital…