Malay Mail reports: The Ministry of Communications and Digital (KKD) takes seriously the alleged data leak, via a website on December 25, that allegedly involves Maybank, Astro and the Election Commission (EC). Its minister Fahmi Fadzil said KKD, through the Personal Data Protection Department (PDPD) in collaboration with CyberSecurity Malaysia (CSM), is seeking feedback from…
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Port of Lisbon website still down as LockBit gang claims cyberattack
Jonathan Greig reports: The website for the Port of Lisbon is still down days after officials confirmed it was the target of a cyberattack. The Port of Lisbon is Portugal’s busiest and one of the most used across all of Europe, handling 13,200,000 tonnes of cargo each year due to its strategic location between Europe…
Attack on the Azienda Ospedaliera di Alessandria hospital: additional details on the case
Marco A. De Felice prefaces his reporting on a Ragnar_Locker attack with this message: For ethical reasons we did not want to spread the news of the attack on the hospital’s IT infrastructure before the news became public knowledge. Indeed, on December 20, SuspectFile had already become aware of the ransom note written by the…
Cyberattacks: higher education on high alert despite the holidays
The following is a machine translation of a report by Valéry Rieß-Marchive: cIn mid-September, Toulouse INP started the school year on a cyberattack with ransomware . At the beginning of December, Grenoble INP informed of an “intrusion” on its computer servers, but not to mention a cyberattack . At the same time, our colleagues from Parisian revealed that the IUT Paris – Rives de Seine was openly…
Hackers say data of 3 crore people on sale, railways denies breach
TNN reports: Amid claims by a hackers’ forum that data of over three crore users of Indian Railways is on sale on the dark web, the railway ministry on Wednesday said that no such data breach happened in any of its systems or organisations. Read more at Times of India.
NZ: Compliance investigation into Mercury IT breach commenced
Here’s yet another data breach case in which a court has issued a protective order. The New Zealand Privacy Commissioner writes about a court order issued after the LockBit attack on Mercury IT that might contribute to a supply chain attack; Justice Grice has released the reasons for making the interim orders this week. The High Court…