Jaykishan Sharma reports: A man allegedly hacked the server of four schools and issued transfer certificates of 130 students in Rajasthan’s Sikar district. He then wrote to the district superintendent of police and district education officer, confessing to his crime and alleging that these schools were pressuring the families of children admitted under the Right to…
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Data on 2,750 partner firms of Japan Post unit leaked
Oops! JIJI reports: A computer file containing data on 2,750 business partners of a unit of Japan Post Co. has been leaked, the parent company said Tuesday. On Oct. 6, an employee of the Tokyo-based unit, Japan Post Trading Service Co., which conducts catalog-based sales of midsummer and year-end gifts handled at post offices, mistakenly…
UK: Hackney’s mayor is ticked off — and understandably so
There’s an update to a ransomware attack previously noted on this site: Hackney Mayor Philip Glanville has voiced his anger at the “morally repugnant” cyber attack that has disrupted many council services over the past fortnight, which he says could not have come at a worse time for the borough. Council officers were praised last…
Data breach at Dr Reddy’s forces lab to temporarily shut operations across globe
Rhythma Kaul reports: After reports of a data leak from Hyderabad-based global pharmaceutical company Dr Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd, one of country’s leading pathology laboratory chains came out, IT has been forced to temporarily shut operations in its plants across the world. […] Dr Reddy’s Laboratories had recently received approval from the drugs controller general of…
Sopra Steria falls victim to ransomware attack
FinExtra reports: European IT services group Sopra Steria is battling a suspected ransomware attack on its network. The firm, whose biggest customers in the financial sector include include Société Générale, BNP Paribas, La Banque Postale, HSBC, Crédit Agricole, RBS, Huyndai Capital and the Bank of China, issued a terse statement confirming a cyberattack on its…
FI: Hackers hold patient information for ransom in psychotherapy data breach
NewsNow reports: A company that offers psychotherapy to thousands of patients across Finland says it’s been the victim of a data breach, with the personal information of customers held for ransom. Vastaamo, which sees patients in 20 cities including Helsinki, Joensuu, Jyväskylä, Pori, Turku and Tampere, says “an unknown hostile party” got in touch with them…