Jordan Fleguel reports: The Durham District School Board (DDSB) says it’s currently recovering from what it calls a ‘cyber-incident’ that has left schools without access to phone or email services as well as emergency contact information. In a letter to parents and guardians on Sunday, the school board said the incident first came to their…
Category: Non-U.S.
Russian Hackers Target Dutch LNG Terminal
Alex Kimani reports: Russian hackers have been doing “exploratory research” into the systems of the Dutch LNG terminals, trying to find ways into the systems, American cyber security company Dragos has reported. According to Dragos’ Casey Brooks, hacker groups Xenotime and Kamacite have been poking at the digital systems of Gasunie’s LNG terminal in Eemshaven in Rotterdam. The FBI has…
Iran blames Israel for Fars News Agency hack
The Jewish News Syndicate reports: Iran has blamed foreign countries, including Israel, for a cyber attack on its semi-official Fars News Agency, which is affiliated with the country’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, AFP reported on Saturday. Fars said in a statement posted to Telegram that its website was disrupted on Friday by a “complex hacking and cyberattack operation, and…
No Need to Hack When It’s Leaking, Friday Global Edition
For today’s episode of “No Need to Hack When It’s Leaking,” DataBreaches brings you three leaks involving patient/medical information: one from the U.S., one from India, and one from Australia. Tridas Center Jeremiah Fowler and the Website Planet research team discovered an unsecured database containing more than 16,000 records with personally identifiable information about pediatric…
Bits ‘n Pieces (Trozos y Piezas)
MX: LV threat actors claim to have hacked UnitedAuto On November 19, LV BLog added UnitedAuto, a Mexican automotive company, to its leak site, claiming to have more than 2TB of stolen personal information. The threat actors criticized their victim, stating “United Auto does not have any basic protection for their system. The company has…
Iranians Hacked Security Footage of Jerusalem Bombing
Pesach Benson reports: The Israeli Military Censor on Thursday cleared for publication that Iranian hackers managed to obtain security footage of Wednesday’s Jerusalem terror attack and post it online. Further details about the hack remain under a gag order. The footage was posted on the Telegram account of a hacker group called Moses’ Staff on…