MyBroadband follows up on a story initially broken by ITWeb yesterday. They now report: The South African division of US-based consumer credit bureau TransUnion has suffered a ransomware attack. In a statement on Thursday, the company acknowledged that a third party had gained access to one of its servers through misuse of an authorised client’s credentials. “We…
Category: Non-U.S.
Ph: ‘Media was right’: Lawmakers confirm data breach, hacking of voters’ info
Joseph Pedrajas reports that there is an update to the alleged data breach that a Commission on Elections official called “fake news:” After about two months of investigation and various denials from different concerned agencies, lawmakers on Thursday, March 17 confirmed that there was “indeed a security breach” in the operations of the Commission on…
Iranian hackers leak Mossad chief’s personal information
Lilach Shoval reports: Iranian hackers on Wednesday published a video on an anonymous Telegram channel featuring personal photos and documents allegedly obtained from a phone used by the wife of Mossad Director David Barnea. The video was posted on the “Open Hands” channel, which according to Israeli media was created on Tuesday. Its owners claimed to have…
Sg: 26 months’ jail for man who stalked SMU peer, hacked email accounts, leaked others’ sex videos
Louisa Tang reports: A 30-year-old man who committed a string of offences such as stalking a fellow Singapore Management University (SMU) student and hacking into her boyfriend’s email account in a bid to “protect” her, was jailed for two years and two months on Wednesday (March 16). Shaun Sinclair Lau Wei Kit’s actions led to the couple…
Ireland’s privacy watchdog sued for inaction over ‘massive Google data breach’
Natasha Lomas reports: Ireland’s evasive response to a major security complaint filed against Google’s adtech the year the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into application is the target of a new lawsuit — which accuses the Data Protection Commission (DPC) of years of inaction over what the complainants assert is “the largest…
Israeli government websites crash after ‘massive’ cyberattack, officials say
Emanuel Fabian reports: Israeli government websites were downed for over an hour due to a major cyberattack on Monday evening, officials said. Communications Minister Yoaz Hendel held an assessment with officials due to the “broad cyberattack” on government websites, a statement from his office said. Users attempting to enter sites with gov.il extensions were unable…