APA/SDA reports: The “exceptional situation” is also associated with a reduction in the size of the print edition. According to media reports, the attackers are demanding a ransom for the blocked system. The “Neue Zürcher Zeitung” continues to struggle with problems two weeks after a cyber attack on its computers. The publisher shut down central…
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Es: Clinic hackers threaten to destroy information about patients with infectious diseases
World Nation News reports the threat actors who attacked Hospital Clínic de Barcelona are threatening to release sensitive medical information on patients. In particular, they warned that “in the near future” they will publish information about patients with infectious diseases and information about the use of experimental drugs in the elderly that the Barcelona center…
Concerns turned into reality… As soon as Samsung Electronics unlocks ChatGPT, ‘misuse’ continues
The following is a Google machine translation of an article in the Economist Korea. Jeong Doo-yong reports: As soon as Samsung Electronics permitted the use of ChatGPT in its device solution (DS/semiconductor) business premises, an accident occurred in which corporate information was leaked. The contents of programs related to semiconductor ‘facility measurement’ and ‘yield/defect’ were entered…
Iran-Based Hackers Caught Carrying Out Destructive Attacks Under Ransomware Guise
Ravie Lakshmanan reports: The Iranian nation-state group known as MuddyWater has been observed carrying out destructive attacks on hybrid environments under the guise of a ransomware operation. That’s according to new findings from the Microsoft Threat Intelligence team, which discovered the threat actor targeting both on-premises and cloud infrastructures in partnership with another emerging activity cluster dubbed DEV-1084….
Rogers Communications data allegedly sold on a hacker forum
Vilius Petkauskas reports: Rogers’ leak includes data from the company’s active directory, including information on customers, the attackers claim. The company confirmed the leak, saying some of Rogers employees’ “business contact information” was exposed. Attackers posted an ad on a mostly Russian-speaking hacker forum, alleging the database for sale belongs to Rogers Communications, a Canadian…
Suspected hacker “9Near” is ‘a soldier’
Wassana Nanuam reports that a self-described “hacktivist” who calls himself “9Near” has been identified: A hacker who claimed to have obtained the personal data of 55 million Thais is an army officer who appears to have acted alone, authorities said yesterday. […] Mr Chaiwut said investigators had identified the hacker and are working with his…