#LockBit has formally apologized for the attack on the Hospital for Sick Kids in Canada that took place on December 18. The hospital is still trying to recover from it. “We formally apologize for the attack on sikkids.ca and give back the decryptor for free, the partner who attacked this hospital violated our rules, is…
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250,248 Unifi Mobile customers affected by data breach, says TM
NST Business reports: Telekom Malaysia Bhd (TM) says 250,248 Unifi Mobile customers have been affected by a data breach on Dec 28. They comprised both Unifi Mobile’s individual customers as well as small and medium enterprises (SMEs). The telco said the type of breached data involved customer names, phone numbers and emails. No other information…
Ministry of Communications and Digital investigating alleged data leak involving Maybank, Astro, EC
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…
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…