Ayako Mie reports: Last November, chilling news made headlines nationwide — the internal communications network of the Defense Ministry and Self-Defense Forces had been hacked in September, possibly by another nation. According to Kyodo News, the Defense Information Infrastructure, the high-speed, high-capacity communications network linking SDF bases and camps, was compromised. Following the report, Defense…
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UK: Investigation after Barts Health Trust hit by cyber attack
Mark Chandler reports that the biggest NHS trust in London has been hit by a cyberattack, but the nature of the attack is not clear. Barts Health Trust, which runs four hospitals – The Royal London, St Bartholomew’s, Whipps Cross, and Newham – report that although they initially believed it was a ransomware attack, they have ruled that…
Email account with patient information at U. Maryland doctors group hacked
Andrea K. McDaniels reports: A doctor’s practice plan affiliated with the University of Maryland School of Medicine has notified patients that somebody hacked the account of a physician assistant’s email account that contained the personal information of patients. The orthopedics practice at The University of Maryland Faculty Physicians Inc. mailed letters to about 1,500 patients…
Hacker Steals 900 GB of Cellebrite Data
Joseph Cox reports: The hackers have been hacked. Motherboard has obtained 900 GB of data related to Cellebrite, one of the most popular companies in the mobile phone hacking industry. The cache includes customer information, databases, and a vast amount of technical data regarding Cellebrite’s products. The breach is the latest chapter in a growing…
Siblings arrested over cyber espionage operation which tapped emails of ex-prime ministers and Vatican cardinals
Nick Squires reports: An Italian nuclear engineer and his sister have been arrested by police on charges of conducting a massive cyber-espionage operation that hacked into the emails of two former prime ministers, Vatican cardinals and Mario Draghi, the president of the European Central Bank. Giulio Occhionero, 45, and his sister Francesca Maria Occhionero, 48,…
Co-conspirator in Steubenville computer-hacking case is sentenced to 8 months
Greg Kocher reports: A computer hacker was sentenced Monday to eight months in prison for his role in helping a Winchester resident known online as “KYAnonymous” compromise a website and get involved in a controversy surrounding a rape case in Steubenville, Ohio. Noah McHugh, 26, of Alexandria, Va., had pleaded guilty in September to one…