Isaiah Richard reports: The British Army faced a recent intrusion on its social media platforms, including Twitter and YouTube, where it posted several information that led to a cryptocurrency scam as its platforms got hacked. The government agency from Great Britain is launching an investigation to identify the culprits behind it, as it managed a…
Category: Non-U.S.
Dutch Uni Gets Cyber Ransom Money Back… With Interest
AFP reports that because the value of BTC had increased dramatically, a ransomware victim wound up getting back a small fortune when they recovered the bitcoin they had paid. The southern Maastricht University in 2019 had paid 200,000 euros ($208,000) in bitcoins to attackers who had encrypted hundreds of Windows servers and backup systems. But the…
Iranian hackers leak info of over 300,000 Israelis from tourism sites
There’s more emerging about the Sharp Boys’ group attack on Israeli tourism sites. The Jerusalem Post now reports: The personal information of over 300,000 Israelis was leaked last month by an Iranian hacker group targeting Israeli travel booking sites. The group, named Sharp Boys, claimed last month that it had obtained data from Israeli tourism sites,…
Norway hit with cyberattack, temporarily suspending service
Ines Kagubare reports: Norway’s public and private sector websites were temporarily down on Wednesday following a cyberattack that targeted the country’s national data network, forcing it to suspend online services for several hours. Sofie Nystrøm, head of the Norwegian National Security Authority (NSM), said a criminal pro-Russian group seemed to be behind the hacks, adding…
District heating network in Elbląg attacked by hackers. Some customer data has been lost
The following is a machine translation. Radio Gdańsk reports: Cyber attack on Elbląskie Przedsiębiorstwo Energetyki Cieplnej – the IT network has been infected with malware. The result was the loss of some customer data. Fortunately, the attack did not disrupt key heat supply systems for residents. – The key systems in the company, servicing the district…
Ukraine arrests cybercrime gang operating over 400 phishing sites
Bill Toulas reports: The Ukrainian cyberpolice force arrested nine members of a criminal group that operated over 400 phishing websites crafted to appear like legitimate EU portals offering financial assistance to Ukrainians. The threat actors used forms on the site to steal visitors’ payment card data and online banking account credentials and perform fraudulent, unauthorized…