Last year the Spanish DPA tackled sim swapping cases and issued monetary penalties to four telecoms for failure to adequately protect the confidential information of consumers, resulting in loss of service to consumers, but also leaving them victims or potential victims of bank fraud. Four decisions have now been posted on the EDPB website. The…
Category: Commentaries and Analyses
Vietnamese bank accounts targeted by hackers
An article in VietnamNet has some findings about cybercrime in Vietnam and how work-from-home and COVID-19 have contributed to the increase in certain kinds of crime. Some of the findings reported in the article include: In 2021, the number of phishing cases increased by three times compared with 2020. As many as 2,739 phishing websites…
AcidRain | A Modem Wiper Rains Down on Europe
Juan Andres Guerrero-Saade reports: Executive Summary On Thursday, February 24th, 2022, a cyber attack rendered Viasat KA-SAT modems inoperable in Ukraine. Spillover from this attack rendered 5,800 Enercon wind turbines in Germany unable to communicate for remote monitoring or control. Viasat’s statement on Wednesday, March 30th, 2022 provides a somewhat plausible but incomplete description of…
‘I can fight with a keyboard’: How one Ukrainian IT specialist exposed a notorious Russian ransomware gang
Sean Lyngaas reports: As Russian artillery began raining down on his homeland last month, one Ukrainian computer researcher decided to fight back the best way he knew how — by sabotaging one of the most formidable ransomware gangs in Russia. Four days into Russia’s invasion, the researcher began publishing the biggest leak ever of files and data from…
Officials to give update on Newfoundland and Labrador cyberattack Wednesday
CBC News reports: Officials in Newfoundland and Labrador will give an update Wednesday on the cyberattack that paralyzed the province’s health-care system for weeks. Health Minister John Haggie and Eastern Health CEO David Diamond will talk about the attack and its impact on the health-care system beginning at 10:30 a.m. NT. The conference will be streamed on the…
Hackers Gaining Power of Subpoena Via Fake “Emergency Data Requests”
Brian Krebs reports: There is a terrifying and highly effective “method” that criminal hackers are now using to harvest sensitive customer data from Internet service providers, phone companies and social media firms. It involves compromising email accounts and websites tied to police departments and government agencies, and then sending unauthorized demands for subscriber data while…