Luis Queiroz reports (translation): In a statement to the market, Eletrobras ensures that the systems of the administrative network of the subsidiary Eletronuclear are not connected, for security reasons, with the operating systems of the nuclear plants Angra I and Angra II. IT teams were able to contain the attack and prevent damage to the…
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Security firm Stormshield discloses data breach, theft of source code
Catalin Cimpanu reports: French cyber-security firm Stormshield, a major provider of security services and network security devices to the French government, said today that a threat actor gained access to one of its customer support portals and stole information on some of its clients. The company is also reporting that attackers managed to steal parts…
Court grants injunction, restraining order against NEW Co-op
Elijah Decius reports: A federal District Court judge has granted a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction requested by Landus Cooperative in its lawsuit against NEW Cooperative of Fort Dodge. The lawsuit, filed two weeks ago by the Ames-based co-op, accuses disgruntled former Landus employees Jeff Headley and Brian Berns of conspiring and stealing protected…
Serco cyber attack: Belgian military and European Space Agency told ‘no data compromised’ despite hack
Alexander Martin reports: The Belgian military and the European Space Agency (ESA) are among organisations that have sought assurances from Serco, the company behind NHS Test and Trace, following a cyber attack. The outsourcing firm told them their information has not been compromised. Images of stolen files circulating on social media only indicate the criminals…
UK: Foxtons customer data leaked onto the dark web
Sabina Weston reports: Financial details belonging to customers of UK estate agency Foxtons are widely available on the dark web following a malware attack in October last year that affected parent company Foxtons Group. Despite admitting that the incident affected its subsidiary Alexander Hall, which specialises in mortgage broking, Foxtons assured its customers at the time that no “sensitive…
Court Denies Motion for Class Certification in Employee W-2 Data Breach Litigation
Joseph Lazzarotti and d Maya Atrakchi of JacksonLewis write: In recent years, there has been an uptick of W-2 phishing scams, and their consequences for an employer extend well beyond leaked data, including potential employee class action litigation. Just last week, a federal court in Illinois rejected a motion for class certification in a data…