Maggie Miller reports: Albania was hit by cyberattacks earlier this year so debilitating that the government considered invoking a NATO declaration that could have pulled all member states into confrontation with Iran, Prime Minister Edi Rama said. It would have been the first time a NATO member state used a cyberattack to invoke Article Five…
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Sydney teenager charged after allegedly blackmailing 93 Optus customers affected by data breach
Jake Lapham reports: A 19-year-old Sydney man has been charged after allegedly using information obtained during last month’s Optus data breach to blackmail people. It is alleged the man threatened 93 customers via text messages, saying he would use their details to commit financial crimes unless they paid $2,000. No customers paid the money. Australian…
Hundreds of students have personal emails exposed in data breach at University of Limerick
Donal Macnamee reports: Hundreds of people had their personal email addresses exposed in a significant data breach at the University of Limerick (UL), the Business Post has learned. The incident, which took place in August, impacted Central Applications Office (CAO) applicants considering studying at the university, and has been referred to the Data Protection Commission (DPC). Read…
HSE hack victims who had personal information stolen have not been told they were targets
Ferghal Blaney reports: Hacking victims who had their personal information stolen during the HSE ransomware attack last year have not been told they were targeted. It’s a legal requirement for the health authority’s IT management to inform them under GDPR rules. The HSE said in a statement that it was taking time to get through all of the…
NZ: Patient details compromised in cyber attack on health provider Pinnacle
Stuff reports: A cyber attack has compromised patient details kept by a large Waikato and Bay of Plenty health provider. Health Minister Andrew Little confirmed there has been a cyber attack against Pinnacle Health. The primary health provider operates dozens of GP practices handling tens of thousands of patients. Read more at Stuff. When are…
In: Arrested Russian Hacker “Helped 820 Cheat In JEE-Mains”: CBI To Court
Arvind Gunasekar reports: Russian hacker Mikhail Shargin allegedly aided cheating by 820 students — much more than the initial estimates — by manipulating the online system in last year’s JEE-Mains, the entrance exam for admission to India’s top engineering colleges such as the IITs. The CBI said this today in a Delhi court that gave it two-day custody…