DataBreaches.net was contacted by DESORDEN, who are claiming that they successfully attacked Acer India and exfiltrated 60 GB of data (they also posted their claims on a popular hacking forum). As they have done in the past, they provided a video showing directories and folders on the server they claim to have accessed. They also…
Category: Non-U.S.
Cyberattack targets Hillel Yaffe Medical Center in Hadera
Yaron Doron reports: The computer systems of Hillel Yaffe Medical Center in Hadera were targeted Wednesday morning by a ransomware cyberattack. Hillel Yaffe asked that Magen David Adom and the Health Ministry send them only patients requiring urgent care. Ongoing medical care was uninterrupted, although elective procedures were put on hold. Read more on Israel…
Ukraine Police Cuff Botnet Herder Who Controlled 100K Machines
Phil Muncaster reports: Ukrainian law enforcers have arrested a suspected botnet herder responsible for controlling an automated network of around 100,000 compromised machines to launch DDoS and other attacks. The Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) claimed the resident of Ivano-Frankivsk also used the botnet to launch spam campaigns, scan for vulnerabilities in websites to exploit, and brute-force…
Dutch police send warning letters to customers of DDoS booter service
Catalin Cimpanu reports: Dutch police have taken a rare step this week and sent letters to 29 individuals who used a now-defunct DDoS-for-hire service —also known as a DDoS booter— to launch DDoS attacks against various targets. In the letters, Dutch officials warned users that they’d been added to a database of past miscreants, and…
Cyberattack shuts down Ecuador’s largest bank, Banco Pichincha
Lawrence Abrams reports: Ecuador’s largest private bank Banco Pichincha has suffered a cyberattack that disrupted operations and taken the ATM and online banking portal offline. The cyberattack occurred over the weekend, causing the bank to shut down portions of their network to prevent the attack’s spread to other systems. Read more on BleepingComputer.
350 Qld border-pass applicants caught in police privacy breach
Matt Dennien reports: The Queensland Police Service has again been caught up in a privacy breach, this time involving the email addresses of more than 350 people – including AFP, Defence and Queensland Health staff –trying to return to Queensland. Read more on The Age. So after telling recipients to keep the invitation hush-hush, they…