Reuters reports: A cyber attacker compromised Indonesia’s national data centre, disrupting immigration checks at airports, and asked for an $8 million ransom, the country’s communications minister told Reuters on Monday. The attack disrupted several government services, most notably at airports last week, with long lines forming at immigration desks. Automated passport machines were now functioning,…
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Za: Critical South African healthcare services hacked
Jan Vermeulen reports: The National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS) has shut down its IT systems following a breach over the weekend. Its emails, website, and system for retrieving and storing patients’ lab test results are offline. Based on a memo from NHLS chief executive officer Prof Koleka Mlisana, the intrusion caused damage, suggesting the NHLS…
Jollibee Group probes data breach
Jose Rodel Clapano and Richmond Mercurio report: The Jollibee Group has begun an investigation into a cybersecurity incident that may have compromised the records of millions of customers. In a statement, the Jollibee Group emphasized its e-commerce platforms are unaffected and remain operational. […] Other brands under Jollibee Food Corp. are Greenwich, Red Ribbon, Burger…
Ph: Maxicare reports data breach to NPC
ABS-CBN reports: Health maintenance organization (HMO) Maxicare has reported a data breach to the National Privacy Commission (NPC). The NPC said they received a data breach notification on June 16 at 12:49 p.m. In a statement, the Department of Information and Communications Technology – National Computer Emergency Response Team (DICT-NCERT) said they the leak started…
Star ed-tech company discloses data breach
Paulina Okunytė reports: Learnosity, an e-learning platform with more than 40 million learners, has disclosed a cybersecurity incident that affected users’ private data. A notice to affected clients on June 17th informed users of a “data security incident” that may have exposed their data. A publicly shared copy of the notice did not specify the…
Alleged Boss of ‘Scattered Spider’ Hacking Group Arrested
Brian Krebs reports: A 22-year-old man from the United Kingdom arrested this week in Spain is allegedly the ringleader of Scattered Spider, a cybercrime group suspected of hacking into Twilio, LastPass, DoorDash, Mailchimp, and nearly 130 other organizations over the past two years. The Spanish daily Murcia Today reports the suspect was wanted by the FBI and arrested in Palma de Mallorca as he…