Robert Scammell reports: Japanese multinational conglomerate Fujifilm said it has refused to pay a ransom demand to the cyber gang that attacked its network in Japan last week and is instead relying on backups to restore operations. The company’s computer systems in the US, Europe, the Middle East and Africa are now “fully operational and…
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Au: NSW Health confirms data breached due to Accellion breach
Asha Barbaschow reports: “Following the NSW government’s advice earlier this year around a world-wide cyber attack that included NSW government agencies, NSW Health is notifying people whose data may have been accessed in the global Accellion cyber attack,” it said in a statement. The state entity said medical records in public hospitals were not affected…
Ukraine’s security service claims to have thwarted mass cyberattack by Russian special forces
The following is a machine translation of a press release by Служба безпеки України, the Security Service of Ukraine: The SBU blocked a mass cyberattack by Russian special services on the computer networks of the Ukrainian authorities Cyber experts of the Security Service of Ukraine revealed the facts of purposeful distribution of malicious software by…
Capcom Facing $12 Million Lawsuit For Allegedly Using Artist’s Photos Without Permission
Remember in November, 2020 when Japanese gaming giant Capcom fell victim to a ransomware attack? The Ragnar_Locker threat actors demanded $11 million ransom, and when the firm didn’t pay, they started dumping data. Capcom’s updates on the incident noted that approximately 15,000 people had their personal information involved, but no credit card information was involved….
Apache Pizza announce data breach associated with details of delivery customers
First it was Domino’s Pizza in India. Then it was New York Pizza in the Netherlands. And now it’s Apache Pizza, a chain of take-out pizza delivery restaurants in Ireland. They have reportedly confirmed that they had a cybersecurity breach that resulted in information about deliveries being accessed by threat actors. “Apache Pizza has notified its…
EpsilonRed ransomware group hits one of India’s financial software powerhouses
Catalin Cimpanu reports: Nucleus Software Exports, an Indian company that provides lending software to banks and retail stores, has suffered a major ransomware attack that crippled some of its internal networks and encrypted sensitive business information. The incident took place last Sunday, on May 30, according to a document the company filed on Tuesday with…