Alexander Martin reports: An elusive and highly covert Chinese hacking group tracked as GhostEmperor — notorious for its sophisticated supply-chain attacks targeting telecommunications and government entities in Southeast Asia — has been spotted for the first time in more than two years. And according to the researchers, the group has gotten even better at evading…
Category: Non-U.S.
Trickbot dev arrested in Moscow
Catalin Cimpanu reports: Russian authorities have allegedly arrested a member of the Trickbot cybercrime gang in Moscow this week. According to a report from Russian news channel Baza, authorities have detained a 37-year-old man named Fedor Andreev on the morning of July 15 in a house in South Moscow. Andreev was allegedly detained based on an Interpol…
Cyberattack on prescription service MediSecure affects 13 million Australians
Angus Dalton reports: Almost 13 million Australians had personal and health-related data stolen in the MediSecure cyberattack earlier this year, making the mass hack one of the largest ever. The Melbourne-based online prescription service company announced it was the victim of a ransomware data breach in May. A week later, a hacker claiming to possess…
London Borough of Hackney reprimanded following cyber-attack
From the Information Commissioner’s Office: We have issued the London Borough of Hackey with a reprimand following a cyber-attack in 2020 that led to hackers gaining access to and encrypting 440,000 files, affecting at least 280,000 residents and other individuals including staff. In October 2020, hackers attacked the London Borough of Hackney (LBoH) systems –…
Au: Healthed data breach exposes personal details
Michelle Wisbey reports: The personal details of a large number of GPs have been published online, in a data breach leaving doctors feeling ‘significantly concerned’. Australian healthcare educator Healthed confirmed that late on Sunday, 14 July, the company became aware of ‘a vulnerability within the Healthed website’ It traced this to work undertaken by a…
Students’ Personal Data Mismanaged; Data Sent to Foreign Businesses, Used to Update Apps
The Yomiuri Shimbun reports: Local governments have authorized Recruit Co. — a provider of educational apps — to directly obtain public school students’ personal data and manage it, The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned. The problem is connected to devices, such as personal computers and tablets, which elementary and junior high schools distribute to their students….