William Ralston has a piece on Wired to put a human face on what happened to Finnish therapy patients of the Vastaamo clinic. The Vastaamo hack, extortion attempt, and data dump was one of the worst breaches of 2020 and an absolute nightmare in terms of a breach exposing personal and sensitive information. And what…
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Fr: Colis Privé reports a cyber-attack is causing disruption in operations
Colis Privé specializes in home and relay delivery of packages to you, individuals, within 24 to 48 hours. It is a subsidiary of Hopps Group. The firm announced a breach on its web site. Translated, it reads: Colis Privé was the victim of a cyber attack. Our IT teams have quickly isolated the incident and…
Ca: Whistler ransomware attack could affect thousands
Braden Dupuis reports: A ransomware attack on the Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW) could have far-reaching consequences, according to a cyber security expert, but there’s no way of knowing for sure until a full forensic investigation is completed. In a recent post to the dark web (a part of the internet not visible to search engines, and…
Sg: Data breach alerts in Singapore up on new reporting rules, more cyber threats: Experts
Kenny Chee reports: The number of data breach alerts Singapore’s data protection watchdog received tripled in the February-March period compared with the previous two months. This comes amid a string of potential personal data leaks reported in recent months. Legal and information technology security experts said the increase could have been due to a new data breach…
Ca: B.C. student loan website down after being taken over by hackers
Frances Yap and Kareem Gouda report: The website that B.C. students visit to manage their student loans appears to have been hacked. At around 9 p.m. Sunday people on Twitter reported the landing page for studentaidbc.ca was replaced with a black page with green writing and music playing in the background. Read more on City…
Za: VirginActive goes offline after cyberattack
Virgin Active is a chain of health clubs in South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Italy, Australia, Singapore, Thailand and the United Kingdom. In a statement on April 30, they disclosed a cyber attack: Statement: 30 April 2021 Virgin Active South Africa became aware of a cyber-attack yesterday and our security teams immediately started working with cybersecurity…