The Star reports: The issue over the alleged data leak involving personal information of the public does not involve any security breach on the part of the Malaysian Armed Forces, says Chief of Defence Force Tan Sri Affendi Buang. He said MAF always emphasised the confidentiality of all data, whether it was in a closed…
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GrupoGSS data appears on the internet after what appeared to be a ransom agreement …. went nowhere?
On September 25, DataBreaches.net reported that GrupoGSS, a division of Covisian, had been the victim of a ransomware attack by Conti. In a statement to DataBreaches.net, Covisian confirmed the attack but also stated: We hereby confirm that neither GSS nor Covisian have conducted negotiations of any kind with anyone regarding the cyberattack. Their firm denial,…
Portpass app may have exposed hundreds of thousands of users’ personal data
CBC reports: Private proof-of-vaccination app Portpass exposed personal information, including the driver’s licences, of what could be as many as hundreds of thousands of users by leaving its website unsecured. On Monday evening, CBC News received a tip that the user profiles on the app’s website could be accessed by members of the public. CBC…
Desorden Group claims to have stolen 200 GB of data from ABX Express
DataBreaches.net has been contacted by a threat actor or group calling themselves “Desorden Group” (“Desorden”). The group claims to have hacked ABX Express Enterprise servers in Malaysia on September 23. We have stolen more than 200 gigabytes of files and databases, tens of millions of customers personal data from their servers, wiped their drives and…
El Salvador PNC confirms investigation of FocaLeaks
David Bernal recently had an update on the FocaLeaks incident previously covered by this site and DDoSecrets. On September 22, Bernal reported that Mauricio Arriaza Chicas, director of the National Civil Police (PNC), confirmed that they were conducting an internal investigation into FocaLeaks and a second with the Attorney General’s Office to find the perpetrators….
Major European call center provider goes down in ransomware attack; not negotiating with Conti
Catalin Cimpanu reports: GSS, the Spanish and Latin America division of Covisian, one of Europe’s largest customer care and call center providers, has suffered a debilitating ransomware attack that froze a large part of its IT systems and crippled call centers across its Spanish-speaking customerbase. Call centers and automated customer support phone services for companies…