Seen on KNEWS: The Republic of Cyprus has extradited two alleged cyber criminals to the United States, including a young man who is the first Cypriot national to be extradited under an extradition treaty with the US. Joshua Polloso Epifaniou, a 21-year-old from Nicosia and the first Cypriot national to be extradited to the United States,…
Category: Business Sector
Ransomware attack on cloud-services provider affects charities and not-for-profits
Nicole K. D’Aoust and David Krebs of Miller Thomson write: A company that supplies cloud fundraising and accounting software to the charity and not-for-profit sector announced yesterday that it experienced a ransomware attack in May 2020. Blackbaud is the company behind such programs as Raiser’s Edge NXT, eTapestry, and The Financial Edge. The company’s press…
Argentinian telecom supposedly hit by a crypto ransomware
Ali Raza reports: A string of massive hacking attacks that are related to cryptocurrencies one way or another continues. Last week, the biggest such hack saw the attackers hijack numerous highly-visible accounts to promote a Bitcoin scam. Today, new reports indicate that Argentina’s largest Telecom fell victim to ransomware that demands a massive ransom. According to…
Data stolen in Nefilim ransomware attack on French telco Orange
Duncan Riley reports: French telecommunications company Orange S.A. has been targeted by a ransomware attack with data stolen. First reported July 16 by Bleeping Computer, the ransomware attack targeted Orange’s Business Services division, which offers enterprise solutions such as remote support, virtual workstations, system security, cloud backups and cloud hosting. Read more on SiliconAngle.
The Twitter Hack — What exactly happened?
“Lucky225,” a security researcher who took over Adrian Lamo’s accounts after his death, explains what he saw happen to Adrian’s account during the Twitter attack of high-profile Twitter accounts: I didn’t want to write about this but I see a lot of people getting the details wrong — that includes myself — due to a…
“We take data protection very seriously,” New Zealand Friday edition
There were two incidents concerning New Zealand leaks or breaches in my news feed this morning. One of them caught my attention because the story didn’t seem accurate — and not because the reporters weren’t reporting accurately, but because the entity may not have been fully transparent or accurate about the incident. First: Mandy Te,…