Oliver Moody reports: Latvia has come under the most intense wave of cyberattacks in its history, including a 12-hour onslaught on its public broadcasting centre, according to a senior Nato official. The Baltic state appears to have been targeted by pro-Kremlin hackers because of a series of assertive steps such as bringing back conscription and drawing…
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UK: Hackers have access to bank details, signatures, addresses and national insurance numbers, Gloucester councillor reveals
Carmelo Garcia reports: People in Gloucester have had their signatures, addresses, national insurance numbers, bank details and driving licences accessed by hackers, a councillor has revealed. Many local people’s lives were thrown into disarray in December when council services were disrupted by a major cyber attack. House sales, benefit payments and planning applications were all delayed after hackers compromised…
Ca: How the court bolstered an insurer’s exclusion for privacy breach
David Gambrill reports: Acting recklessly in breaching the confidential medical files of patients effectively falls within a hospital insurer’s commercial policy exclusion for committing an ‘intentional act,’ Ontario’s top court has ruled. The Ontario Court of Appeal found a hospital insurer, the Healthcare Insurance Reciprocal of Canada, does not have a duty to defend a…
Pt: Hacker targets Lisbon hotel clients
The Portugal News reports: A hacker has infiltrated the Booking account of the Marino Boutique Hotel in Lisbon, and has managed to steal almost half a million euros in false bookings. According to CNN Portugal, the hacker established direct contact with hundreds of customers between 12 and 16 June, leaving the hotel without being able…
Chinese hackers targeting Russian government, telecoms: report
Jonathan Greig reports: Chinese hacking groups are targeting the Russian government and organizations in the telecommunications industry, according to a new report from cybersecurity company SentinelOne. The report found that there has been a noticeable increase in Russian targeting by suspected Chinese threat actors. Tom Hegel, senior threat researcher at SentinelOne, attributed the targeting to state-sponsored espionage…
No need to hack, when it’s leaking, Wednesday edition: WeWork India, Proud Makatizen in Philippines
Two large leaks involving personal information discovered by researchers. First up, Zack Whittaker reports: WeWork India has fixed a security lapse that exposed the personal information and selfies of tens of thousands of people who visited WeWork India’s coworking spaces. Security researcher Sandeep Hodkasia found visitor data spilling from the check-in app on WeWork India’s website, used…