Deborah Haynes reports: A cyber attack – possibly by China or Russia – hit the academic arm of the UK’s Ministry of Defence and had a “significant” impact, the officer in charge at the time has revealed. Air Marshal Edward Stringer, who retired from the armed forces in August, said the “sophisticated” hack – discovered…
Category: Non-U.S.
Tokyo police lose 2 floppy disks containing personal info on 38 public housing applicants
Here’s one I missed, but luckily Zack Whittaker noted it in his weekly newsletter (and if you don’t get his newsletter, you should subscribe!) The Mainichi reported: The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) has lost two floppy disks containing personal information on 38 people, the department announced on Dec. 27 The MPD said the floppy disks…
Portuguese newspaper is hacked by group that attacked Ministry of Health
Abhishek Pratap reports: The Portuguese newspaper Expresso was attacked by hackers at dawn this Sunday, 2. Those responsible for the invasion are the Lapsus Group, the same team that shut down the Ministry of Health’s systems last December. The newspaper’s website displays a page similar to the one shown in the attack on the Brazilian government agency….
‘Unique hackers’ arrested in Indore used to hack IDs of online classes
Shruti Wilson reports: A unique incident related to online classes that started in the corona epidemic has come to light. Police have caught a criminal who used to hack IDs of online classes. Thereafter, he used to illegally join the class and make objectionable videos viral on YouTube. In fact, The Cyberabad police station of…
Pk: Hackers steal, put up for sale Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police data
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…
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…