Alexander Martin reports: Water for People, a nonprofit that aims to improve access to clean water for people whose health is threatened by a lack of it for drinking and sanitation, is the latest organization to have been hit by ransomware criminals. The ransomware-as-a-service gang Medusa listed Water for People on its darknet site Thursday…
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Ransomware attack targets global Lutheran group
YLE reports: The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) has fallen victim to cyber extortion, Finnish news agency STT reports on Sunday. The Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Church is one of the largest members of the LWF, a global Lutheran organisation. Earlier this month perpetrators carried out ransomware attacks on the federation and released screenshots of the captured…
Major Us Museums Suffer Cyberattack Fallout
ArtForum reports: Several US arts institutions were rendered unable to display their collections online after a cyberattack struck a tech service provider used by the museums, the New York Times reports. Among those affected by the breach targeting Gallery Systems, which aids cultural institutions in managing internal documents and displaying works digitally, were the Museum of Fine…
U.S. water utilities were hacked after leaving their default passwords set to ‘1111,’ cybersecurity officials say
Wilfred Chan reports: Providers of critical infrastructure in the United States are doing a sloppy job of defending against cyber intrusions, the National Security Council tells Fast Company, pointing to recent Iran-linked attacks on U.S. water utilities that exploited basic security lapses. The security council tells Fast Company it’s also aware of recent intrusions by hackers linked to China’s…
Alleged Chinese cyberattacks target US power and water systems
Duncan Riley reports: U.S. government officers and cybersecurity experts are warning that the Chinese military is allegedly attempting to infiltrate critical infrastructure, including power and water utilities and transportation systems in the U.S. The Washington Post reported, referencing unnamed officials and security experts, that hackers allegedly affiliated with China’s People’s Liberation Army have burrowed into the…
Hackers breach Israel intelligence group’s website
The Middle East Monitor reports: An unknown entity has breached the website of the Shin Bet veterans’ association, Shoval, and may have stolen the details of the intelligence agency’s former employees, the French website Intelligence Online has reported. According to the website, the agency’s management has requested members of the association to be cautious, especially when travelling…