From the threats-to-ethical-hacking-and-a-free-press department, Edmond Campbell reports: Ethical hackers who find vulnerabilities on government or private websites in Jamaica could face a $3-million fine and three-year prison sentence if a provision in the Cybercrimes Act, 2015, remains and receives the nod from Parliament. That threat could penalise actors such as Zack Whittaker, the security editor at…
Category: Non-U.S.
More than half of Canadian ransomware victims paid the ransom demands in 2021 – study
TORONTO, Febr. 7, 2022 /CNW/ – Canadian IT company, NOVIPRO, today unveiled its sixth annual IT Portrait of Canadian Businesses in collaboration with Leger, which revealed the deep vulnerability of Canadian companies to computer attacks. The study reveals that more than half (56%) of organizations targeted by malware have paid the amounts requested by cybercriminals. Of these,…
Swissport ransomware attack leads to flight delays
Connor Jones reports: Aviation services company Swissport announced it was the victim of a ransomware attack on Friday, with some flights forced into delays and other operations disrupted. Neither the ransomware operator nor the type of ransomware used against the company is currently known, but the company reacted quickly to contain the attack, despite the disruption it caused….
‘Small portion’ of customer data accessed without authorisation in security breach at Hong Kong online shopping platform
Sammy Heung reports: A security breach at one of Hong Kong’s largest online shopping platforms last month led to the unauthorised access of customer information such as delivery addresses, recipient names and contact numbers. Hong Kong Technology Venture Company Limited (HKTV), HKTVmall’s parent company, said on Friday it had detected “abnormal and suspicious activities” in…
France, Department of Seine-Saint-Denis: ransomware attack, several municipalities involved
Marco A. DeFelice reports: In the night between 5 and 6 December last, the ransomware group Hive managed to penetrate the IT systems of the Syndicat Intercommunal d’Informatique (SII), an IT service provider based in Bobigny, a municipality of 54,000 people north of Paris. In addition to the city of Bobigny, the SII provides IT…
Another day, another data breach: Thai students’ data hacked, sold on dark web
Maya Taylor reports: The personal information of over 23,000 students has been stolen as a result of the Thai University Central Admission System being hacked. According to a Bangkok Post report, the security breach has been confirmed by the Council of University Presidents of Thailand. It’s understood the data, which pertains to over 23,000 students…