Martin Fornusek reports: Aeroflot, Russia’s largest airline, reported a massive malfunction in its information system on July 28, forcing the cancellation of dozens of flights to and from Moscow. “There has been a failure in the airline’s information systems. Service disruptions are possible,” the Russian flag carrier said on Telegram without clarifying the cause of the disruptions….
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AIIMS ORBO Portal Vulnerability Exposing Sensitive Organ Donor Data Discovered by Researcher
In November 2022, the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (“AIIMS“) reportedly suffered a ransomware attack. They may have just escaped another incident thanks to the responsible disclosure of a vulnerability found by a researcher. Ashish Khaitan reports: A critical vulnerability in the AIIMS portal exposed highly sensitive data of voluntary organ and tissue donors…
Au: Qantas hackers gave airline 72-hour deadline
David Hollingworth reports: A collective claiming to be behind Qantas’ recent cyber hack sent the airline nine pages of data it had apparently stolen from customers and then demanded a reply within 72 hours. The threat was revealed in documents that the Flying Kangaroo submitted to court to obtain an injunction, which has, for the first…
Au: Junior doctor faces fresh toilet spying charges as probe widens to other major hospitals
Erin Pearson reports on a case of insider-wrongdoing/snooping that is sure to have a lot of Australian patients worried whether they were filmed or not: Fresh charges have been laid against a suspended doctor accused of hiding a secret recording device in the staff toilet of a Melbourne hospital. Police re-arrested Ryan Cho at a…
Russia suspected of hacking Dutch prosecution service systems
Dutch News reports: There are “strong indications” that Russia was behind a cyber attack on the Dutch public prosecution department’s internal systems, justice ministry sources have told the AD. The affected systems contain sensitive information on ongoing police investigations and court cases, as well as personal data on staff. The department has not yet said…
Korea imposes 343 million won penalty on HAESUNG DS for data breach of 70,000 shareholders
Kim Su-jeong reports: The Personal Information Protection Commission announced on the 24th that it imposed a penalty surcharge of 343 million won [USD $250,136.73] on HAESUNG DS, a semiconductor parts company, after it left vulnerabilities in its network security equipment unattended, resulting in a hacker attack that leaked personal information of over 70,000 shareholders. According…