Marie Dealessandri has an update to a ransomware incident involving Japanese gaming giant Capcom that was reported last year. The firm published its fourth update and a very detailed one. As Dealessandri reports: In a long statement on its website, the Japanese publisher indicated that its “internal systems are near to completely restored” and that it’s…
Category: Business Sector
UK: Arup staff hit by cyberhacker attack at payroll provider
This one had first been reported on April 7 by Richard Waite: Engineering and architecture giant Arup has become the latest victim of a ransomware cyber attack […] According to data breach specialist CEL Solicitors, Arup employees had their personal details, including bank details, address and name, compromised following the attack. It says it has…
‘This was not a breach’: How Big Tech gaslights the world on data leaks
Vincent Manancourt and Laurens Cerulus report: First Facebook. Then LinkedIn. Now Clubhouse. After data on a combined billion Facebook and LinkedIn users appeared online last week, reports surfaced over the weekend that upstart social network Clubhouse had also leaked reams of user information. But if you think any of the above is a problem, Big Tech has…
IT: Gino Group car dealership notifies customers of ransomware attack
Matteo Borgetto reports (translation): «Dear Customer, on 7 April 2021 we unfortunately discovered that our systems had been attacked by unknown hackers. We therefore immediately appointed a specialized company, in order to try to solve the problem and to limit the damage as much as possible ». The letter, via e-mail, was sent to thousands…
Upstox alerts users of data breach; says funds, securities remain safe
PTI reports: Retail broking firm Upstox has alerted customers of a security breach that included contact data and KYC details of customers, but assured users that their funds and securities remain safe. The development comes close on the heels of reports of data breaches at organisations like MobiKwik, Facebook and LinkedIn. “On receipt of e-mails claiming unauthorised…
Clubhouse data leak: 1.3 million scraped user records leaked online for free (UPDATED- REFUTED)
Update: There is more detailed report refuting the claimed leak that can be found at this link. At this point, DataBreaches.net considers the Clubhouse claim as refuted. CyberNews reports: So far, it seems like it’s been the worst week of the year for social media platforms in terms of data leaks, with Clubhouse seemingly joining…