Decrypt.co reports: Crypto exchange Bittrex today announced that it will delist privacy coins Monero (XMR), ZCash and Dash on Friday, January 15, at 23:00 UTC. The Bermuda-registered exchange did not provide a reason for the delistings, but all three are privacy coins—a class of cryptocurrencies that offer untraceable transactions. Monero is private by default, and…
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Hezbollah-affiliated financial org hacked, information leaked
Tzvi Joffre reports: A hacker group called Spiderz claimed that it has succeeded in hacking into Hezbollah’s Al-Qard Al-Hassan financial organization and leaked details on depositors and borrowers from the lender, Lebanese media reported on Tuesday. The information leaked included account numbers, government IDs and passport information, as well as registration forms, account statements and…
IndiGo Says Some Data May be Compromised in Server Breach
Ragini Saxena reports: IndiGo, India’s biggest airline, said some segments of its data servers were breached in a hacking incident in December, which may compromise some data. “There is a possibility that some internal documents may get uploaded by the hackers on public websites and platforms,” IndiGo said in a statement Thursday. “We realise the…
Italy’s Ho-Mobile database with 2.5m accounts allegedly stolen, sold
Sudais Asif reports: What sounds like a nightmare for a company? Waking up to the news that the data of their customers is being sold online. That’s exactly what has happened to Ho-Mobile, an Italian phone service provider owned by Vodafone Italy. Apparently, the personal data of over 2.5 million Ho-Mobile’s customers is being sold…
Lithuania’s public health body comes under cyber attack; infected emails contain emotet trojan
Jūratė Damulytė and Ignas Jačauskas of BNS report a Trojan.Emotet virus is making the rounds in email attachments sent to Lithuanian government institutions, ministries, and individuals who were contacted by National Public Health Centre (NVSC) specialists whose accounts were first infected by the virus. Lithuania’s National Public Health Centre (NVSC) came under a cyber attack…
FR: Grand Annecy hit by malware attack
And here we go… yet another French city and agglomeration have been hit by malware Is any French news outlet going to find out and tell us what kind of malware and what the ransom demands are, if there are demands? Translation from Le Dauphiné follows: During the night of December 27 to 28, the…