Hunton Andrews Kurth writes: Patrick Gunning from King & Wood Mallesons reports that, on November 2, 2023, the Australian Information Commissioner filed proceedings in the Federal Court of Australia against Australian Clinical Labs Limited seeking a civil penalty (i.e., a fine) in connection with the company’s response to a data breach that occurred in February…
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Alleged Extortioner of Psychotherapy Patients Faces Trial
Brian Krebs reports: Prosecutors in Finland this week commenced their criminal trial against Julius Kivimäki, a 26-year-old Finnish man charged with extorting a once popular and now-bankrupt online psychotherapy practice and thousands of its patients. In a 2,200-page report, Finnish authorities laid out how they connected the extortion spree to Kivimäki, a notorious hacker who was convicted…
NTMC database exposed personal info to open web: report
The Financial Express reports: The National Telecommunication Monitoring Centre (NTMC) in Bangladesh has exposed a database to the open web. The types of data that leaked online were extensive, American technology magazine WIRED reports. The list of data is long: names, professions, blood groups, parents’ names, phone numbers, the length of calls, vehicle registrations, passport…
Toronto, Canada: Moneris Hit by Cyber Attack, Medusa Team Demands $6M Ransom
Marco A. De Felice reports: In the past hours, another prominent name in global finance has fallen victim to a cyber attack on its IT infrastructure. This time, the Canadian company Moneris, a technology and financial firm specializing in digital payment processing and serving as a partner for leading card brands in Canada such as…
Gang says ICBC paid ransom over hack that disrupted US Treasury market, ‘deal closed’
James Pearson reports: China’s biggest lender, the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, paid a ransom after it was hacked last week, a Lockbit ransomware gang representative said on Monday in a statement which Reuters was unable to independently verify. ICBC, whose U.S. arm was hit by a ransomware attack that disrupted trades in the…
Denmark Hit With Largest Cyberattack on Record
Chris Riotta reports: Hackers potentially linked to the Russian GRU Main Intelligence Directorate carried out a series of highly coordinated cyberattacks targeting Danish critical infrastructure in the nation’s largest cyber incident on record, according to a new report. SektorCERT, a nonprofit cybersecurity center for critical sectors in Denmark, reported that attackers gained access to the…