Raphael Satter, Jack Stubbs, and Christopher Bing report: Elite hackers tried to break into the World Health Organization earlier this month, sources told Reuters, part of what a senior agency official said was a more than two-fold increase in cyberattacks. WHO Chief Information Security Officer Flavio Aggio said the identity of the hackers was unclear,…
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European electricity association warns of office network breach
Steve Ranger reports: An association of European electricity companies has confirmed that hackers have breached its office network. “ENTSO-E has recently found evidence of a successful cyber intrusion into its office network,” the association said in a statement. It added that a risk assessment had been performed and contingency plans are now in place to reduce…
The RNC stopped paying a data firm after a serious breach — then paid a mysterious LLC with the same address
The RNC Stopped Paying a Data Firm After A Serious Breach. Then It Paid A Mysterious LLC With the Same Address. Three years after the Republican National Committee publicly sidelined the sullied firm, it paid an LLC with the same address $900,000 for “data services.” The RNC said it wouldn’t “waste any more breath explaining…
Ex-Mossad chief says Likud app leaks as dangerous to Israel as coronavirus
The Times of Israel reports: A former head of the Mossad spy agency sounded the alarm Wednesday about an app operated by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party ahead of next week’s elections, warning that using it was “a real security threat” and likening the level of danger it poses to that of the deadly…
IOTA cryptocurrency shuts down entire network after wallet hack
Catalin Cimpanu reports: IOTA Foundation, the nonprofit organization behind the IOTA cryptocurrency, has shut down its entire network this week after hackers exploited a vulnerability in the official IOTA wallet app to steal user funds. The attack happened this week, Wednesday, on February 12, 2020, according to a message the foundation posted on its official…
Personal info of 6m. Israelis leaked after Likud uploads voter info
Tzvi Joffre reports: The personal information of 6,453,254 Israelis was leaked after the Likud Party uploaded the entire Israeli national voter registry to an application, according to Haaretz. The leaked information includes names, identification numbers, phone numbers and addresses. Political parties in Israel receive the information of Israeli voters before the elections and have to protect their privacy…