John Woodward reports: The personal information of more than three thousand children in daycares throughout Durham Region was stolen in a cyberattack early this year that CTV News Toronto has learned is larger than previously known. That data from some 80 daycares, which also included the detailed vaccination records of some 200 children, was recently…
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Ransomware gangs uses PrintNightmare to breach Windows servers
Sergiu Gatlan reports: Ransomware operators have added PrintNightmare exploits to their arsenal and are targeting Windows servers to deploy Magniber ransomware payloads. PrintNightmare is a class of security vulnerabilities (tracked as CVE-2021-1675, CVE-2021-34527, and CVE-2021-36958) impacting the Windows Print Spooler service, Windows print drivers, and the Windows Point and Print feature. Read more on BleepingComputer….
Sg: OrangeTee real estate group suffers data security breach
CNA reports: OT Group, the holding company of OrangeTee & Tie and OrangeTee Advisory, has suffered a data security breach, the Singapore real estate group said on Friday (Aug 6). The company said it received an email from a third party claiming to have accessed its IT network. The incident was reported to the relevant…
Hacker steals $600 million from Poly Network in biggest ever cryptocurrency hack
Some days, reading Twitter is like watching a train wreck unfold before you. Yesterday was like that. Catalin Cimpanu reports: An unidentified hacker has stolen more than $600 million worth of cryptocurrency from Poly Network, a decentralized finance (DeFi) platform based in China. From the outset, it was clear that this was not going to be…
Illinois’ FOID Card System Hit By Cyber Attack
WROK1440 reports: Some parts of Illinois state government have really been taking it on the chin from the bad guys in cyberspace. On the heels of cyber attacks on the Illinois Attorney General’s Office and the Illinois Department of Employment Security, comes word of trouble for the Illinois State Police (ISP). So What Happened? Last Thursday, the…
Chanel Korea issues apology over data theft
Kim Jae-heun reports: Online thieves managed to steal customer data, including phone numbers, in a cyberattack on some data centers managed by Chanel Korea. It’s unknown whether clients affected by the data leak will take legal action against the French luxury brand’s Korean firm.In a rare move, Chanel Korea issued a public apology after disclosing…