Oliver Moody reports: Latvia has come under the most intense wave of cyberattacks in its history, including a 12-hour onslaught on its public broadcasting centre, according to a senior Nato official. The Baltic state appears to have been targeted by pro-Kremlin hackers because of a series of assertive steps such as bringing back conscription and drawing…
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UK: Hackers have access to bank details, signatures, addresses and national insurance numbers, Gloucester councillor reveals
Carmelo Garcia reports: People in Gloucester have had their signatures, addresses, national insurance numbers, bank details and driving licences accessed by hackers, a councillor has revealed. Many local people’s lives were thrown into disarray in December when council services were disrupted by a major cyber attack. House sales, benefit payments and planning applications were all delayed after hackers compromised…
Chinese hackers targeting Russian government, telecoms: report
Jonathan Greig reports: Chinese hacking groups are targeting the Russian government and organizations in the telecommunications industry, according to a new report from cybersecurity company SentinelOne. The report found that there has been a noticeable increase in Russian targeting by suspected Chinese threat actors. Tom Hegel, senior threat researcher at SentinelOne, attributed the targeting to state-sponsored espionage…
No need to hack, when it’s leaking, Wednesday edition: WeWork India, Proud Makatizen in Philippines
Two large leaks involving personal information discovered by researchers. First up, Zack Whittaker reports: WeWork India has fixed a security lapse that exposed the personal information and selfies of tens of thousands of people who visited WeWork India’s coworking spaces. Security researcher Sandeep Hodkasia found visitor data spilling from the check-in app on WeWork India’s website, used…
$63 Million OPM Data Breach Settlement Proposed
From the official settlement website at https://www.opmdatabreach.com/: OPM Data Breach Settlement In re: U.S. Office of Personnel Management Data Security Breach Litigation, No. 15-1394 (ABJ) (D.D.C.). If You Were Subject to the Data Breaches of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management and Its Contractor (Peraton Risk Decision Inc.), and You Experienced an Out-of-Pocket Loss After…
Hackers claim police information stolen in China’s biggest data breach
The Bharat Express News reports: Unknown hackers have claimed to have stolen data on up to a billion Chinese residents after hacking into a Shanghai police database, in what industry experts are calling the world’s biggest data breach. cybersecurity in the country’s history. The person or group claiming the attack has offered to sell more…