The following is a machine translation of an article by Felipe Payão: Lojas Renner allegedly had its system infected by ransomware this Thursday afternoon (19th). According to images posted on social networks, the company is already being extorted for the amount of US$ 1 billion to release the files, around R$ 5.4 billion at the current…
Category: Non-U.S.
Indra hacking group blamed for attack on Iranian railway system that trolled country’s supreme leader
Graham Cluley reports: On 9 July, Iran’s railroad system came under attack from hackers. The attackers posted messages on station departure boards warning of “long delay[s] because of cyberattack”, and suggesting inconvenienced passengers call “64411” for more information. 64411 is reportedly the telephone number of the office of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader. With…
Liquid Exchange Hacked– tens of millions of dollars removed
CoinQuora reports: Japanese Exchange Liquid Global suffered a massive hack on Thursday morning. As per reports, hackers removed up to $80 million in digital assets from the platform. The exchange shared the horrific announcement in a tweet. They also exposed wallet addresses implicated in the breach. Read more on CoinQuora. Others estimate the losses as even…
Brazilian National Treasury hit with ransomware attack
Angelica Mari reports: The Brazilian government has released a note stating the National Treasury has been hit with a ransomware attack on Friday (13). According to a statement from the Ministry of Economy, initial measures to contain the impact of the cyberattack were immediately taken. The first assessments so far have found there was no damage…
Lukashenko hid the real data of Covid-19 mortality. A cyber attack has revealed figures about 14 times higher
The following is a Google translation of a news report by Anastasia Harea: Belarusian authorities have lied about the number of deaths caused by the new coronavirus. Everything came to light after a group of anonymous hackers from Belarus broke into the national civil status system, and the data found showed that between March 2020…
Pearson to pay $1M fine for misleading investors about 2018 data breach
Carly Page reports: Pearson, a London-based publishing and education giant that provides software to schools and universities has agreed to pay $1 million to settle charges that it misled investors about a 2018 data breach resulting in the theft of millions of student records. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced the settlement on Monday after the…