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…
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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…
Health insurer Medibank enters trading halt after cyberattack, says it received communication from alleged hackers (UPDATED)
Nino Bucci reports: Private health insurer Medibank has entered a trading halt after telling customers it had received messages from a group claiming to have accessed the data of its customers in a cyber-attack. In a statement to the Australian stock exchange on Wednesday, the company said it had received messages from a group that…
In Germany, ransomware attack halts circulation of some newspapers; country’s cybersecurity chief fired over possible ties to Russian intelligence
Bill Toulas reports: German newspaper ‘Heilbronn Stimme’ published today’s 28-page issue in e-paper form after a Friday ransomware attack crippled its printing systems. On Saturday, the newspaper issued an “emergency” six-page edition while all planned obituaries were posted on the website. Phone and email communication remained offline during the weekend. Read more at Bleeping Computer….