Raymond Saw reports: If you typically use contactless payment methods, chances are that you’ve used iPay88 even without realising it. iPay88 is one of Malaysia’s biggest payment gateway platforms, providing point-of-sale solutions for plenty of merchants throughout Malaysia and the region. As such, it’s understandably quite worrying to know then that iPay88 has suffered a cybersecurity…
Category: Non-U.S.
Malware attacks reported by three Japanese entities
Two of the following incidents occurred in June; the first one is recent: WDB Holdings Co. Ltd confirms ransomware attack WDB Group (WDB Holdings) issued the following statement on August 2: Since August 1, 2022, we have been experiencing an issue that prevents us from accessing the mail system and file servers of our group’s…
German school hit by ransomware
inFranken reports (machine translation): The computer systems of the Simon-Marius-Gymnasium in Gunzenhausen were temporarily unavailable last week. The reason for this was a cyber attack. The district office of Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen provided information about this in a press release on Tuesday (09/08/2022). The search for those responsible is now beginning. “This resulted in the deletion of…
SCOOP: ista International takes systems offline in wake of ransomware attack; Daixin Team claims thousands of servers encrypted
ista International GmbH is a multinational company that manages data and processes that make buildings climate-friendly, safe and comfortable. As they describe themselves: We see the future of our success in the Internet of Things (IoT). Very soon billions of devices will talk directly to each other. This communication will largely take place in and…
Bits ‘n Pieces
Updating some HHS reports: First Choice Community Health Care reported its ransomware attack to HHS on August 1 as impacting 101,541 patients. BHG Holdings / Behavioral Health Group reported its breach to HHS on July 27 as impacting 197,507 patients. Elsewhere: California: A former owner of a T-Mobile retail store in Eagle Rock has been…
Kashmir University Hacking: Data of 1 Million Students Found on Dark Web
Zaid Bin Shabir reports: A data breach at the University of Kashmir has exposed the personal information of over 1 million students of the varsity and employees, making their personal data available on the dark web. The alleged database of Kashmir University students has been put on sale for just $250 on a hacking forum…