David Sun and Isabelle Liew report: A database of user accounts believed to have been stolen from online marketplace Carousell is being sold on the Dark Web and hacking forums, checks by The Sunday Times found. The database, allegedly containing 2.6 million accounts’ information, is being sold for $1,000. Carousell said on Friday that 1.95…
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Computer hacker of famous musicians’ digital accounts is jailed
The UK’s Crown Prosecution Service issued the following press release today: A computer hacker who stole unreleased music from famous musicians and sold them on the dark web in exchange for cryptocurrency has today been imprisoned. Adrian Kwiatkowski (DOB: 11/10/1999) offered to sell two unreleased songs by British pop star, Ed Sheeran and 12 unreleased…
EnergyAustralia hit by cyber attack in latest breach
Freya Noble reports: EnergyAustralia is the latest business to be hit by a cyber attack, resulting in customer details being exposed. The electricity company said the breach involved the customer platform My Account and 323 residential and small business customer accounts were accessed. These accounts include the customer’s name, address, email address, electricity and gas…
Brazil arrests suspect linked to the Lapsus$ hacking group
Sergiu Gatlan reports: Today, the Brazilian Federal Police arrested a Brazilian suspect in Feira de Santana, Bahia, believed to be part of the Lapsus$ extortion gang. The suspect was detained following an investigation started in December 2021 after last year’s breach of the Brazilian Ministry of Health. Read more at BleepingComputer. Related: Statement from the Brazilian…
French maternity hospital hit by ransomware attack by Vice Society; attackers claim to have 150 GB of files
Le Journal du Dimanche reports that a private maternity hospital in France, Hôpital Pierre Rouquès – Les Bluets was the victim of a cyberattack by Vice Society on October 9. A notice on the hospital’s home page alerts people to the attack and that their email system does not work. [Note: there is also a…
Vinomofo data breach: 500,000 customers at risk after wine dealer hit by cyber-attack
Tory Shepherd reports: Wine dealer Vinomofo is the latest Australian company to be targeted by a cyber-attack. At risk of exposure are the names, dates of birth, addresses, email addresses, phone numbers and genders of customers – Vinomofo has about 500,000 people on its books, but it’s not clear if all were exposed. Vinomofo said…