Kim Su-jeong reports: The Personal Information Protection Commission announced on the 24th that it imposed a penalty surcharge of 343 million won [USD $250,136.73] on HAESUNG DS, a semiconductor parts company, after it left vulnerabilities in its network security equipment unattended, resulting in a hacker attack that leaked personal information of over 70,000 shareholders. According…
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IVF provider Genea notifies patients about the cyberattack earlier this year.
In February, DataBreaches reported that an incident involving Australia IVF giant Genea was the work of the Termite gang, who had posted proof of claims and also claimed to have 700 GB of files. Apparently, Genea still hasn’t revealed that to those affected, who only now are receiving notifications that their data was involved and…
Key figure behind major Russian-speaking cybercrime forum targeted in Ukraine
More details have emerged on the arrest of an alleged XSS.is administrator by Ukrainian cyber police. The seizure notice has now appeared on the .onion version of the forum, and threads have been totally removed. As of the time of this update, and while the forum could still be updated before the seizure notice replaced…
Cyberattacks Paralyze Major Russian Restaurant Chains
The Moscow Times reports: A wave of coordinated cyberattacks has paralyzed the digital systems of several major Russian restaurant chains and food service providers, the Vedomosti business daily reported. The attacks, which began on July 18, targeted networks run by automation provider iiko and its hosting partner ESTT. Restaurant chains including McDonald’s successor Vkusno i Tochka, coffee chain…
France Travail: At least 340,000 job seekers victims of new hack
The following is a machine translation of an article that originally appeared in French by Sylvain Trinel: The public body that manages employment in France, as well as training and unemployment benefits, has been the victim of a “malicious act,” the third in less than two years. This is a new blow for France Travail…
Suspected XSS Forum Admin Arrested in Ukraine
Kevin Poireault reports: A man suspected of administering the Russian-language cybercrime forum XSS was arrested in Ukraine on July 22. In an official statement on July 23, Laure Beccuau, a French State Prosecutor, said that the individual was taken into custody by the Ukrainian authorities, with the collaboration of the French police and Europol. This…