Dutch police report: Last week, the police arrested five young people on suspicion of phishing. On Tuesday 1 July, four minors aged 14 and 17 from Lelystad were arrested, and on Wednesday 2 July, a 21-year-old suspect from Lelystad was arrested. The police in Flevoland started an investigation some time ago after receiving reports of…
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India’s Max Financial says hacker accessed customer data from its insurance unit
Jagmeet Singh reports: Max Financial Services on Wednesday said its insurance subsidiary Axis Max Life Insurance received communication from an anonymous sender about unauthorized access to its customer data. Without disclosing specifics, the Noida-based financial services company said in its stock exchange filing that Axis Max Life Insurance subsequently initiated an information security assessment and data log…
Brazil’s central bank service provider hacked, $140M stolen
Do you need yet another reminder of the insider threat? Today’s example is from Brazil and involves an employee of a bank’s software vendor. CoinTelegraph reports: C&M Software, the service provider that connects Brazil’s Central Bank to local banks and other financial institutions, was hacked on Wednesday, leading to 800 million Brazilian reais ($140 million),…
Nova Scotia Power Data Breach Exposed Information of 280,000 Customers
As previously reported, Nova Scotia Power confirmed that it had been the victim of a ransomware attack in March but had not paid the ransom demands. They declined to publicly name the threat group or individual responsible. Their most recent incident update of June 25 provides some additional information for customers. On July 3, Nova…
SK Telecom to be fined for late data breach report, ordered to waive cancellation fees, criminal investigation into them launched
SK Telecom continues to deal with the substantial consequences of a data breach affecting its 23 million customers. In early April, the telecom reportedly discovered signs of a massive leak of customers’ universal subscriber identity module (USIM) data due to a cyberattack. They offered free replacement of the USIMs to all their 23 million users,…
Cyberattacks Disrupt Iran’s Bread Distribution, Payments Remain Frozen
IranWire reports: Iran’s subsidized bread distribution system remains crippled two weeks after cyberattacks targeted major banks, leaving bakers unable to access payments and forcing authorities to reimpose restrictions on bread sales. The disruption affects the nationwide Nanino electronic payment system, which is connected to Sepah Bank – the institution responsible for processing all wheat-related transactions…