Anna Zhadan reports: The Bishop of Hereford’s Bluecoat School in the Tupsley district of Hereford, England, suffered a data breach back in October, when threat actors attacked the institution’s systems. However, at the time, the school reassured that the personal information of students and staff was safe. Yet now, the school, which has around 1000…
Category: Non-U.S.
Bahraini websites hacked hours before parliamentary election
[N] Gulf reports: Hackers targeted official websites in Bahrain just hours before the start of a parliamentary election on Saturday, the Interior Ministry said. The ministry did not identify the websites targeted, but the country’s state-run Bahrain News Agency (BNA) could not be reached online, nor could the website for Bahrain’s parliament. “Websites are being…
AU government announces new task force to target hackers
Sky News reports: The Federal Government has announced a new task force to combat cyber criminals after the attacks on Optus and Medibank. “The smartest and toughest people in our country are going to hack the hackers,” Cyber Security Minister Clare O’Neil said. Watch at Sky News. [Sarcasm alert] I’m sure hackers never thought about…
Personal info of 800,000 voters compromised by alleged breach of EC database (UPDATED)
Update: The Home Minister says the claims reported below are untrue because the Election Commission only releases information such as the names and identity card numbers of voters. Original post: Kalbana Perimbanayagam and Dania Nabila report: Another data breach has allegedly occurred in Malaysia, this time involving the personal details of 800,000 voters. The 67gb…
Ransomware Gang Offers to Sell Files Stolen From Continental for $50 Million
Eduard Kovacs reports: A notorious ransomware group is offering to sell files allegedly stolen from German car parts giant Continental for $50 million. Continental reported in August that it had been targeted in a cyberattack that resulted in hackers accessing some of its systems. The company said at the time that the attack had been…
Canadian supermarket chain giant Sobeys suffered a ransomware attack
Pierluigi Pagani reports: Sobeys Inc. is the second largest supermarket chain in Canada, the company operates over 1,500 stores operating across Canada under a variety of banners. It is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Empire Company Limited, a Canadian business conglomerate. During the last week, grocery stores and pharmacies belonging to the company have experienced IT issues. Those IT issues…