Matthew Trevithick reports: The cybersecurity incident that has left Elgin County’s website and email system down since the start of the month may have been the result of a ransomware attack involving a notorious Russia-based ransomware syndicate, Global News has learned. A cyber threat expert says data purporting to belong to the county was posted to the website of the ransomware group…
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US offers bounty for Sandworm, the Russian hackers blamed for destructive cyberattacks
Zack Whittaker reports: The U.S. government has stepped up its hunt for six Russian intelligence officers, best known as the state-backed hacking group dubbed “Sandworm,” by offering a $10 million bounty for information that identifies or locates its members. The Sandworm hackers — who work for a division of Russia’s GRU, the country’s military intelligence division — are known…
Ph: BSP sanctions BDO, UBP over December hacking incident
CNN Philippines reports: The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) on Thursday announced it will sanction BDO Unibank and the Union Bank of the Philippines over the hundreds of unauthorized bank transfers last December. The BSP said its monetary board arrived at the decision following the conclusion of its investigation into the hacking incident. CNN Philippines…
Data Breach Disrupts UK Army Recruitment
Sarah Coble reports: The British Army’s online recruitment portal has been offline for more than a month following a data breach. Officials shut the computerized enrollment system down in the middle of March as a precaution after the personal data of more than 100 army recruits was found being offered for sale on the dark…
Health data leak: 1.5 million euro fine against Dedalus Biologie
Seen at Osborne Clark: Following a massive health data leak disclosed in the press concerning nearly 500,000 persons in February 2021, the French Authority for Data Protection (CNIL) has fined (fr) the company Dedalus Biologie 1.5 million euros mainly for failure to comply with its data security obligation. Dedalus Biologie is an application software editor…
Mailpac customers affected by Aeropost data breach
Olivia Brown reports: Courier company Mailpac Group Limited, and Florida, United States-based logistics management and package delivery company, Aeropost, have come under fire over an email informing customers of a credit card breach. One customer shared that the email stated that her credit card had been “compromised,” and she should check her credit card statement…