Mark Edward Nero reports: The China Ocean Shipping Co. Terminal at the Port of Long Beach was hit by a cyberattack on Tuesday, July 24. A spokesman for the Shanghai-based company, which acknowledged the ransomware attack Tuesday, said that the company’s operations outside the United States were not affected. As of Tuesday afternoon, COSCO’s website…
Category: Business Sector
Securities Investors Association (Singapore) notifies 70,000 members of newly discovered 2013 breach
Benjamin Cher reports: The Securities Investors Association (Singapore) has discovered a data breach that happened five years ago. In an email to its members, SIAS said that some 70,000 members have had their personal particulars illegally accessed and copied in 2013. Data stolen included names, NRIC numbers and telephone numbers of the members. Read more…
If you shopped at these 15 stores in the last year, your data might have been stolen
Dennis Green and Mary Hanbury report: At least 15 separate security breaches occurred at retailers from January 2017 until now. Many of them were caused by flaws in payment systems, either online or in stores. Data breaches are on the rise for both retailers and other businesses. A recent report published by cybersecurity firm Shape…
Website Found Selling Data of 250,000 MBBS Applicants For Rs. 1 Lakh
Tushar Mehta reports: A new case of breach of data privacy in India has surfaced in which the data of the applicants of a medical entrance exam is being sold blatantly online. Business Standard reports that a website (Nari Technologies) which offers career counseling has hoarded data of more than 250,000 appearing in National Eligibility…
Short Circuit: How a Robotics Vendor Exposed Confidential Data for Major Manufacturing Companies
The UpGuard Cyber Risk team can now disclose that sensitive documents for over a hundred manufacturing companies were exposed on a publicly accessible server belonging to Level One Robotics, “an engineering service provider specialized in automation process and assembly for OEMs [original equipment manufacturers], Tier 1 automotive suppliers as well as our end users.” Among…
Huawei security concerns
Angus Grigg reports: Chinese phone company Huawei has been linked to a major data breach in Africa casting doubt on the company’s claim there is no evidence to back up national security concerns which could see it banned from the rollout of 5G networks in Australia. The revelations centre on an investigation by French newspaper…