Tanya reports: Another liquidity mining project fell victim to the hack attack and lost about $20 million of users’ funds in DAI tokens. The attacker exploited the vulnerability of Pickle Finance smart contract called DAI PickleJar using fake swaps. Notably, the hacker chose to avoid a flash loan scheme used in most similar incidents recently….
Category: Non-U.S.
French newspaper crippled by ransomware attack
Le Monde, in conjunction with AFP, reports that the French daily, the Paris-Normandy has been the victim of what is reportedly a ransomware attack: The Paris-Normandy daily is the victim of a cyberattack which has prevented it from updating its website since Wednesday and disrupted its paper editions, we learned, Thursday, November 19, from the daily. “We can’t update the website…
Kuurne Municipal Services Down Due to Cryptomining Attack
WTV in Belgium reports: The municipal services in Kuurne have been hit by a cyber attack. There is a computer virus in the municipal computer network and the service is disrupted. “The municipality discovered a virus in its network on Tuesday, November 17. It concerns a ‘wannamine’, an attack in which the intention is not to…
Manchester United Football Club Hit By Cyber Attack, No Data Loss Recorded
Sarthak Dogra reports: A day before its match against West Bromwich Albion, English football club Manchester United said that it was investigating a cyber attack on its systems. The club confirmed that no known breach of personal data has been identified with the attack so far. A new report by Reuters highlights the cyber attack on the…
Lazada denies being behind data leak
The Bangkok Post reports: Online retail operator, Lazada, insisted on Friday it was not responsible for leaking any online shoppers’ data following a report claiming that about 13 million records from Lazada Thailand were being offered for sale on an underground trading forum. The company said it had conducted an initial investigation and found the…
De: Ransomware attack at the GWG housing association
PresseBox reports (translated): As it became known yesterday, the Munich GWG housing association has been the victim of a ransomware attack. Much of the company’s IT systems and data is affected; even backup servers and other data backups were encrypted in the course of the attack. As always with such attacks, the hackers stated that they would…