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UK: Counter-attacking ransomware hackers

Posted on February 1, 2023 by Dissent

Thomas Rudkin of Farrer & Co writes: There is a developing line of cases in England & Wales where those who have been subject to a ransomware attack take action against the hackers through the civil courts. The question is why bother and what is the best way to go about this if that is…

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Yandex data breach reveals source code littered with racist language

Posted on February 1, 2023 by Dissent

Ross Kelly reports: Russian tech company Yandex has issued an apology after racial slurs were discovered in source code leaked in a recent data breach. Several references to racial slurs, including the ‘N-word’, were found in the company’s source code last week. A researcher first revealed the use of offensive terminology in a series of…

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Ransomware attack on Appui Santé Nord Finistère locked files and deleted some archives

Posted on January 31, 2023 by Dissent

This sounds like a crippling #ransomware attack on the Association Appui Santé Nord Finistère. Translation of  part of the article reads: “Appui Santé Nord Finistère has personal health data, because of its activity which includes those of the Coordination Support System (DAC), the Cancer Coordination Center of Ponant (3C) and the Local Gerontological Information and…

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Ca: Qulliq Energy stops short of labelling cyberattack another Nunavut ransomware incident

Posted on January 30, 2023 by Dissent

CBC reports: The Qulliq Energy Corp. says it was locked out of its data in January’s cyberattack, but stopped short of calling it a ransomware attack. QEC announced last month it fell victim to a cyberattack, which was discovered on Jan. 15. While no operating technology, such as power plant infrastructure, was affected, QEC’s information technology, like email, billing and payroll databases were….

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Bits ‘n Pieces (Trozos y Piezas)

Posted on January 30, 2023 by chum1ng0

BR: Instituto Federal Do Pará Attack Claimed By BlackCat The Instituto Federal Do Pará (IFPA) is a public education institution in Brazil. On January 21, it was added to the leaks site of the AlphV (BlackCat) group with a message saying, “The guys decided to ignore our ransom demands, so the data of their employees…

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JD Sports hit by cyber-attack that accessed 10m customers’ data

Posted on January 30, 2023 by Dissent

Mark Sweney reports: The fashion retailer JD Sports said the personal and financial information of 10 million customers was potentially accessed by hackers in a cyber-attack. The company said incident, which affected some online orders made by customers between November 2018 and October 2020, targeted purchases of products of its JD, Size?, Millets, Blacks, Scotts…

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