While Avos Locker gave a U.S. police department a free decryptor after realizing that they had been attacked, a Pakistani police department may be having a different outcome with unidentified attackers. Pakistan Today reports: Sensitive data belonging to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police has been accessed in an apparent cyberattack and put up for sale on the…
Category: Non-U.S.
Indian authorities set to tighten data breach laws in 2022
Stephen Pritchard reports: Authorities in India are set to clamp down on data breaches and tighten rules for holding sensitive data, according to local media reports. Organizations will be forced to disclose data breaches within 72 hours, bringing India in line with territories such as the EU, which mandates breach disclosures under its General Data Protection Regulation…
Fintech firm hit by log4j hack refuses to pay $5 million ransom
Ax Sharma reports: One of the largest Vietnamese crypto trading platforms, ONUS, recently suffered a cyber attack on its payment system running a vulnerable Log4j version. Soon enough, threat actors approached ONUS to extort a $5 million sum and threatened to publish the customer data should ONUS refuse to comply. After the company’s refusal to pay the ransom, threat actors put up data…
Cyberattack on one of Norway’s largest media companies shuts down presses
Adam Janofsky reports: Amedia, the largest local news publisher in Norway, announced on Tuesday that several of its central computer systems were shut down in what it is calling an apparent “serious” cyberattack. The attack is preventing the company from printing Wednesday’s edition of physical newspapers, and presses will continue to be halted until the…
Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Authority investigating Christmas Day cybersecurity incident
Kimberley Fowler reports: The Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Authority (SLGA) reports that it has temporarily disabled certain computer systems and applications, as it investigates a cybersecurity incident that occurred on Dec. 25. […] SLGA states it does not have any evidence that the security of any customer, employee or other personal data has been misused, and asks for patience during…
NZ: Privacy breach at Hutt Hospital as clinician leaves patient info on street
Missed this one from Matthew Tso on December 20, so let’s get caught up: A privacy breach involving the personal details of 36 Hutt Hospital patients occurred after four pages of information were dropped in the street. The incident occurred in November, with a letter from the Hutt Valley District Health Board to affected patients…