Anugraha Sundaravelu reports: Hackers have targeted the headquarters of the Roman Catholic Church in an apparent cyberattack. The official Vatican website was taken offline on Wednesday following an apparent hacking attack, the Holy See said. ‘Technical investigations are ongoing due to abnormal attempts to access the site,’ Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni said, without giving any…
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The Smith Family says details of around 80,000 donors may have been exposed in hacking attack
ABC reports: The Smith Family says it has informed around 80,000 donors their personal details may have been accessed after it was targeted by a hacker who attempted to steal money. The Australian charity, which supports disadvantaged children, said in a statement the attempts by the hacker to steal money were unsuccessful. It said an…
Hackers breach energy orgs via bugs in discontinued web server
Sergiiu Gatlan reports: Microsoft said today that security vulnerabilities found to impact a web server discontinued since 2005 have been used to target and compromise organizations in the energy sector. Read more at BleepingComputer.
Personal data of nearly 4,000 people leaked in hack of Radio Free Asia
Jonathan Grieg reports: Radio Free Asia, a U.S. government-sponsored news outlet, announced a breach this week that affected almost 4,000 people – leaking troves of personal information including Social Security and passport numbers, as well as financial data. According to documents filed with Maine’s attorney general, the hack occurred on June 17 and was discovered by…
DOJ busy with cryptocurrency-related crimes
Cryptocurrency fraud is keeping the Department of Justice busy these days. Here are two press releases in my inbox today: Two Estonian citizens arrested in $575 million cryptocurrency fraud and money laundering scheme (Western District of Washington): Seattle – Two Estonian citizens were arrested in Tallinn, Estonia November 20, 2022, on an 18-count indictment charging…
AU: Legal Aid ACT won’t pay hackers’ ransom demands
Lottie Twyford reports: Legal Aid ACT has confirmed it will not pay the ransom demanded by the hackers who earlier this month stole private information from the commission. That hack could have exposed the data of some of the organisation’s most vulnerable clients, including refugees and victims of family violence. Read more at The Riot…