AFP reports: Norway’s parliament said Tuesday it had been the target of a “vast” cyber attack that enabled hackers to access the emails of some lawmakers. The hackers’ identities were not immediately known. “The parliament has recently been targeted in a vast cyber attack,” the institution wrote in a statement. Read more on The Local…
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In: RPF Busts Major Cross-border Gang of Hackers and Touts Involved in E-ticketing, CBI to Take Over Case
PTI reports: The Railway Protection Force of the South Western Railways on Tuesday claimed a major breakthrough in busting a cross-border criminal gang involved in illegal software for e-tickets by arresting the kingpin and over 100 panel developers. The gang, according to the SWR, had a network of 25,000 hackers and touts across India and…
American Payroll Association notifies people of cyberattack on site
The American Payroll Association (“APA”) is notifying people about breach discovered in mid-July. What Happened? The APA experienced a skimming cyberattack in which personal information was accessed by unauthorized individuals. The source of the cyberattack is thought to have been a vulnerability in APA’s content management system, which allowed a “skimmer” to be installed on…
PULAU Corporation notifies employees of June hack
Defense supplier PULAU Corporation is notifying their employees about an intrusion and unauthorized access into parts of their network between June 11 and June 29. Based on our investigation, we believe the unauthorized party acquired certain employment-related records stored on the affected systems. The affected records contained certain personal information, such as name, contact information,…
Utah Pathology Services notifying more than 110,000 patients of data breach
From Utah Pathology Services, part of the security incident notice: On June 30, 2020, we learned than an unknown third party attempted to redirect funds from Utah Pathology. This suspicious activity did not involve any patient information, or the completion of any financial transactions. Upon discovery of the attempted fraud, Utah Pathology quickly secured the…
Cisco engineer resigns then nukes 16k WebEx accounts, 456 VMs
Sergiu Gatlan reports: A former Cisco employee pleaded guilty to accessing the company’s cloud infrastructure in 2018, five months after resigning, to deploy code that led to the shut down of more than 16,000 WebEx Teams accounts and the deletion of 456 virtual machines. According to a plea agreement filed on July 30, 2020, 30-year-old…