Rory Callinan reports: Queensland’s largest regional water supplier, Sunwater, says it was targeted by hackers in a cyber security breach that went undetected for nine months. It has been revealed that hackers left suspicious files on a webserver to redirect visitor traffic to an online video platform last year. Sunwater admitted the cyber breach after the tabling…
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Boat biz breaches itself: Brittany Ferries ‘fesses up to leaks caused by routine website update
Paul Kunert reports: It’s never good when a boat operator talks of a breach, even if in this case it’s a figurative one. Brittany Ferries has told some customers that an unforeseen technical glitch introduced after “routine” website maintenance had left their accounts wide open, potentially exposing very sensitive details to anyone who knew the…
N.L. patient, employee data stolen in health-care cyberattack
Alex Kennedy reports: Hackers stole personal information connected to both patients and employees in the Eastern Health and Labrador-Grenfell Health regions of Newfoundland and Labrador’s health-care system as part of a recent cyberattack, according to officials. The information was accessed through the province’s Meditech data repository, which includes a patient information database as well as…
Human error blamed for Eastern Ontario school board data breach
Shawna O’Neill reports: Last Saturday evening, an email with a link to private information was sent from the Catholic District School Board of Eastern Ontario to parents and guardians of St. Joseph Catholic Secondary School students. This email is said to have included a link to a document with personal information about hundreds of students…
Five Affiliates of Sodinokibi/REvil Have Been Arrested by Now
On 4 November, Romanian authorities arrested two individuals suspected of cyber-attacks deploying the Sodinokibi/REvil ransomware. They are allegedly responsible for 5,000 infections, which in total pocketed half a million euros in ransom payments. Since February 2021, law enforcement authorities have arrested three other affiliates of Sodinokibi/REvil and two suspects connected to GandCrab. These are some…
China says a foreign spy agency hacked its airlines, stole passenger records
Catalin Cimpanu reports: Chinese officials said last week that a foreign intelligence agency hacked several of its airlines in 2020 and stole passenger travel records. The hacking campaign was disclosed last week by officials from the Ministry of State Security, China’s civilian intelligence, security, and secret police agency. Read more on The Record.