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Breach of data in Public Distribution System of Tamil Nadu, identifies Technisanct

Posted on July 2, 2021 by Dissent

Express Computer reports: Technisanct, a cyber security and big data startup headquartered in Bangalore, reports data breach of over 4.5 million citizens from the Public Distribution System (PDS) of the state of Tamil Nadu. Major details including Personal Identifiable Information (PII) and Aadhaar number of citizens have been kept for sale in a data sharing…

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FBI, NSA: Russian military cyber-unit behind large-scale brute-force attacks

Posted on July 2, 2021 by Dissent

Catalin Cimpanu reports: US and UK cybersecurity agencies said today that a Russian military cyber unit has been behind a series of brute-force attacks that have targeted the cloud IT resources of government and private sector companies across the world. The attacks have been linked to a hacking group tracked as APT28, or Fancy Bear, in a…

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FL: inmates filing lawsuit after data breach

Posted on July 1, 2021 by Dissent

Rochelle Alleyne reports a follow up to a breach not previously noted on this site: Hacked. That was the headline back in April when it came to the 20th judicial Public Defender’s Office. A document on the agency’s website, says private information linked to more than half a million staff members and clients was potentially exposed. The…

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Bordeaux-Gironde Chamber of Commerce & Industry hit by ransomware in France; Gerry Weber hit in Germany

Posted on June 29, 2021 by chum1ng0

Sud Ouest reports  that the Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI) for Bordeaux-Gironde was the victim of a cyberattack on June 25.  Accoridng to a translation of the report, CCI’s firewall system prevented the attackers from exfiltrating any data, but access to the network was blocked. Officials refused to pay an unspecified ransom demand and…

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Ca: Mounties suspected person leaking secrets had high-level computer access, search warrants show

Posted on June 29, 2021 by Dissent

Scott Anderson and Andrew Culbert report: The RCMP suspected someone senior in its ranks was offering to spill secrets, but still didn’t know the identity of the alleged leaker for several months after they first learned highly confidential information about investigations had been compromised. The revelation is contained in court documents unsealed late last week…

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It: Muncipality of Cagliari services interrupted by cyberattack

Posted on June 28, 2021 by chum1ng0

The Comune di Cagliari issued a notice on their web site on June 27 that a computer virus had reduced the functionality of its services, requiring extraordinary maintenance intervention.  According to the notice, the impairment was also impacting services through call centers.  In a press release quoted by EveryEye, they wrote: “The services at the…

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