Ayesha Arvind reports: The Madras High Court Wednesday dismissed the petition filed by cyber security researcher Himanshu Pathak seeking a probe into the alleged data breach at national insurance firm, Star Health Insurance. Justice M Dhandapani dismissed Pathak’s petition after noting that a civil suit filed by Star Health last year dealing with the same issue is already pending…
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Pro-Palestinian hacktivists attack infrastructure in Cyprus
Yemen News Agency (SABA) reports that infrastructure attacks by a number of pro-Palestinian groups has caused temporary disruption to banks, airports and government websites in Cyprus: The first warnings about a possible cyber operation against Cyprus appeared last week, following statements on Telegram and dark web forums from groups such as “Lulzsic Black” (sic), “Moroccan…
Hong Kong watchdog slams sports club for sloppy cybersecurity ahead of ransomware attack
Sammy Heung reports: Hong Kong’s privacy watchdog has found a prominent sports club had been in breach of privacy regulations in the run-up to a large-scale leak involving about 72,000 members’ personal information. The Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data said on Tuesday that the South China Athletic Association (SCAA) had failed to…
Dutch police post warning message in Telegram groups after four data broker arrests
After various investigations, the police have arrested several data traders in various locations in the Netherlands in the past period. They are suspected of involvement in the sale of personal data. This data was traded within various Telegram groups. In these groups, warning messages are now being placed by the police. Through data theft, hacks…
Moldova hit by cyberattack ahead of presidential election and referendum
TVP World reports: Moldova’s parliamentary email servers were hit by a cyberattack on Thursday, just days before the country’s presidential election and a referendum on whether to enshrine European Union integration in the constitution. A press service statement released late Friday confirmed the attack, explaining that cybersecurity experts were working to identify the cause and…
ESET partner breached to send data wipers to Israeli orgs
Lawrence Abrams reports: Hackers breached ESET’s exclusive partner in Israel to send phishing emails to Israeli businesses that pushed data wipers disguised as antivirus software for destructive attacks. A data wiper is malware that intentionally deletes all of the files on a computer and commonly removes or corrupts the partition table to make it harder to…