Catalin Cimpanu reports: Hackers working on behalf of Russian intelligence services breached the internal network of Dutch police in 2017 during the country’s investigation of the MH-17 crash. The intrusion was kept under wraps by Dutch investigators until this week when multiple sources revealed the incident to Dutch newspaper the Volkskrant. Read more on The Record.
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ASEAN companies still targeted by ALTDOS threat actors
In December of 2020, DataBreaches.net reported on a threat actor (or actors) calling themself “ALTDOS” who had attacked a Thai securities trading firm, Country Group Securities (CGSEC) . CGSEC wasn’t the only Thai entity they attacked, and within weeks, they had attacked MonoNext and 3BB, subsidiaries of Jasmine International. Angered by the entities’ response or lack of response to…
Michigan Fitness Foundation notice concerning email hack in December, 2020
Notice seen on their web site: The Michigan Fitness Foundation (“MFF”) is providing notice of a recent data incident that may affect the security of certain individuals’ information. While MFF is unaware of any actual or attempted misuse of the affected information relating to this incident, in an abundance of caution, MFF is providing notice…
New York City Law Department Hit by Cyberattack
Katie Honan reports: Hackers breached the New York City Law Department’s computer system over the weekend, prompting the city to limit access to the network as it investigates the cyberattack, officials said Monday. The city’s Cyber Command, which monitors more than 100 government agencies and offices, first detected the breach on Saturday, according to Laura…
Apache Pizza announce data breach associated with details of delivery customers
First it was Domino’s Pizza in India. Then it was New York Pizza in the Netherlands. And now it’s Apache Pizza, a chain of take-out pizza delivery restaurants in Ireland. They have reportedly confirmed that they had a cybersecurity breach that resulted in information about deliveries being accessed by threat actors. “Apache Pizza has notified its…
11th Circuit Upholds Historic $380 Million Equifax Data-Breach Settlement
Izzy Kapnick reports: A three-judge panel for the 11th Circuit on Thursday upheld the largest-ever U.S. class action settlement over a consumer data breach, rejecting a bevy of challenges to the $380 million deal. Finalized in January 2020, the settlement compensates U.S. consumers whose personal information was exposed in a cyberattack on the credit bureau Equifax. The…