Sinead Gill reports: For six weeks, most University of Otago students, including prospective students, had their personal information unprotected. A University spokesperson told Stuff while the risk of harm was “incredibly low”, some information was potentially accessible over this period, and most students could expect to be contacted by a privacy officer.” On October 5, the University…
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MPs warned to change email passwords after cyber attack on Canadian government
Irem Koca reports: Members of Parliament have been asked to change their email passwords and some internet-based services on Parliament Hill have been restricted after what’s being described as a “cyber incident.” The threat to the government’s information technology infrastructure was identified last Wednesday, said Amelie Crosson, the manager of communications in the Office of…
UK: Cyber attack recovery effort cost Hackney Council over £12m last year
Julia Gregory reports: Town Hall number-crunchers say a cyber attack in October 2020 cost the council £12.2m in the last financial year. This includes more than £444,000 spent on IT consultancy, £152,000 on recovery of the Mosaic systems used for social care data, and £572,000 on the housing register in the last financial year. The…
Bulgarian Government Hit By Cyberattack Blamed On Russian Hacking Group
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty reports: The websites of the Bulgarian presidency and several other government ministries were the target of a large-scale cyberattack, the Prosecutor-General’s Office said on October 15, blaming Russian hackers. Prosecutor-General Ivan Geshev described it as a “serious problem,” calling it “an attack on the Bulgarian state.” In addition to the president’s…
Tata Power, a top power producer in India, confirms cyberattack
Jagmeet Singh reports: Tata Power, a leading power generation company in India, has confirmed it was hit by a cyberattack. In a brief statement released on Friday, the Mumbai-based company said that the attack impacted some of its IT systems. “The company has taken steps to retrieve and restore the systems. All critical operational systems…
Woolworths says 2.2m MyDeal customers’ data hacked
Ben Potter and Carrie LaFrenz report: In the third major corporate security breach in as many weeks, Woolworths is scrambling to contact 2.2 million customers of its MyDeal online marketplace arm whose data has been accessed by an unauthorised user using “compromised” credentials, the supermarkets giant said on Friday evening. […] Of the 2.2 million estimated to…