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…
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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…
Hungarian authority fines data controller EUR 7,500 data breach and rules free online services not suitable for high-risk processing
Dóra Petrányi, Katalin Horváth, Márton Domokos, and Daniella Huszár of CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP write: In the latest decision of the National Authority for Data Protection and Freedom of Information (NAIH), a data controller for a political party, responsible for a data breach where six Excel files were made publicly available through a…
UK: Thousands of students have data leaked on dark web by Vice Society
Kevin O’Sullivan and Michael Powell report on attacks by the ransomware team known as Vice Society on U.K. schools. Student data was disclosed on Vice’s dedicated leak site after their victims refused to pay ransom demands. The Daily Mail report includes Vice’s attacks on five schools and a sixth-form college, including Pilton Community College, The…
Jp: Information of 111,191 patients and 715 employees at Kokikai Yasue Hospital leaked
Tatsuki Matsuura reports on what sounds like it might be a ransomware attack. Here’s a machine translation of how the report begins: Kokikai Yasue Hospital (Gifu City, Gifu Prefecture) announced on July 4 that the personal information of patients and new Corona vaccine vaccinated patients may have been leaked up to 111,991 due to unauthorized…
Hackers claim police information stolen in China’s biggest data breach
The Bharat Express News reports: Unknown hackers have claimed to have stolen data on up to a billion Chinese residents after hacking into a Shanghai police database, in what industry experts are calling the world’s biggest data breach. cybersecurity in the country’s history. The person or group claiming the attack has offered to sell more…