MX: Jalisco Congress Attacked by Play The Congress of Jalisco announced that it has been affected by a ransomware attack on December 6 by a group called “Play.” The attack encrypted 14 servers and some employees have received extortion demands seeking payment for a decryption key. At a press conference, the President of the Board…
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Cybersecurity firm ‘sniffed out’ hacked Tirupati hospital data on dark web. Now, it’s a ‘victim’ too
Regina Mihindukulasuriya reports on some eyebrow-raising claims. Last week, Bengaluru-based cybersecurity firm CloudSEK claimed it had found patient data from Sree Saran Medical Centre (SSMC) in Tirupati being sold on the dark web. This week, the company has itself become the victim of a cyber attack. Over 6-7 December, CloudSEK updated its blog about the…
Fr: Victim of a cyberattack, Trois Cantons ambulances in Peyrehorade alerts its patients
(Machine translation): The Trois Cantons ambulances in Peyrehorade have lost all their files and appointments for the next few weeks. “As if it had crashed”. Tuesday, December 6, around 5:30 p.m., the ambulances of the Three Cantons in Peyrehorade, in the south of the Landes, were the victims of a cyberattack with a ransom demand, indicates…
Latest data breach shows updated details about Taiwan VP, top national security chief: hacker
Sophia Yang reports: Following media reports of a massive data breach in Taiwan, the Kuomintang legislative caucus on Wednesday (Dec. 7) urged the government to act swiftly in collaboration with foreign governments involved to remove the data from the dark web. In October, media reported a user of “BreachedForums” named “OKE” was selling the private…
6 Lakh Indians’ Data Sold on Bot Markets, Making it Most-affected Nation
Bhaswati Guha Majumder reports: A recent study revealed that approximately 5 million people worldwide have had their data stolen and sold on the bot market, with 600,000 from India. It means that India, which is still waiting for a data protection bill to become law, is the most severely impacted country in the world, accounting for…
Medibank Shutting All Branches, Going Offline, In Security Overhaul
Nathan Jolly reports: Medibank will be closing all branches, IT centres, and going completely offline as it completely overhauls its online security. The country’s biggest health insurer will be completely offline from 8.30pm on Friday until Sunday, in a bid to “further strengthen our systems and enhance security protections” after one of the country’s worst…