AFP reports: One of Sweden’s biggest supermarket chains said Saturday it had to temporarily close around 800 stores nationwide after a cyberattack blocked access to its checkouts. “One of our subcontractors was hit by a digital attack, and that’s why our checkouts aren’t working any more,” Coop Sweden, which accounts for around 20 percent of…
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Suspected voters list leak in Kerala: Crime branch registers case
Express News Service reports: The state crime branch has registered a case based on the complaint by the state election commission in connection regarding voters list leak in the assembly elections. As per the complaint, the data of 2.67 crore voters was leaked. The complaint was filed by the Joint Chief Electoral Officer. The case…
Israeli researchers discover global cyberattack in over 1,300 locations
The Jerusalem Post reports: A global cyberattack that struck more than 1,300 locations was discovered by a team of Israeli researchers on Thursday, the parent company, Guardicore, announced. The two researchers are Liad Mordekovitz and Ofir Harpaz. The cyberattack, which targeted over 2,000 companies and organizations, attacked the servers of companies and organizations specializing in the fields of health,…
South African insurance provider has been hit by a major data breach
Brett Venter reports: South African insurance provider QSure was struck by a major data breach earlier this month, one that led to banking information and other sensitive data being compromised. The company hasn’t said how many records were scooped during the intrusion. Hope they have insurance for this Company COO Ian du Toit, speaking to TechCentral,…
Norwegian DPA: Oslo University Hospital ordered to amend agreements
The Norwegian Data Protection Authority’s inspection of Oslo University Hospital (OUH) reveals that the hospital cannot document satisfactory control of patient data when the hospital needs laboratory services from other countries. The Data Protection Authority understands that it is important to be able to use laboratories in other countries when the hospital or other Norwegian laboratories do…
Spanish telecom giant MasMovil hit by Revil ransomware gang
Waqas reports: Spain’s 4th largest telecom operator MasMovil Ibercom or MasMovil is the latest victim of the infamous Revil ransomware gang (aka Sodinokibi) On its official blog accessible via Tor browser, as seen by Hackread.com, the ransomware operator claims to have “downloaded databases and other important data” belonging to the telecom giant. Read more on HackRead.