Murray Macleod reports: A major cyber-attack on the University of the Highlands and Islands has still not been resolved — two months after it was first reported. Police investigations into the ransom demand — which was rejected and subsequently triggered a series of network problems — is continuing. The size of the demand is not being…
Category: Non-U.S.
Belgium’s parliament and universities hit by cyber attack
Belnet is a Belgian internet provider for educational institutions, research centres, scientific institutes and government services. The site was under heavy DDoS attack beginning on May 4 that impacted the ability of parliament to meet and for students to access their online services. Online reservation systems for vaccination centres were also temporarily down, according to…
Ca: Boutin transport company victim of a cyber attack
Groupe Boutin Inc. is a firm in Quebec providing logistics, transportation, and warehousing services, as well as private fleets. Sam Harper reports that the firm called in a security specialist after detecting a problem and receiving a ransom demand. According to the company’s statement (translation): The customer and employee portals, accessible from their website, are…
Hackers Break Into Glovo, Europe’s $2 Billion Amazon Rival
Thomas Brewster reports: A cybercriminal has managed to break into the $2 billion-valued Spanish delivery startup Glovo. The hacker was selling access to both customer and courier accounts, with the ability to change their passwords, though the company has stressed to Forbes no credit card data has been stolen. […] Forbes was alerted to the breach by Alex Holden, chief…
Telstra service provider hit by cyber attack as hackers claim SIM card information stolen
Anton Nilsson reports: Hackers have claimed they have gained access to “tens of thousands” of SIM cards after a cyber attack against an Australian telecom firm. The victim, Melbourne-based Schepisi Communications, describes itself as a “platinum partner” of Telstra that supplies phone numbers and cloud storage services on behalf of the telecommunications giant. The company’s…
Then a Hacker Began Posting Patients’ Deepest Secrets Online
William Ralston has a piece on Wired to put a human face on what happened to Finnish therapy patients of the Vastaamo clinic. The Vastaamo hack, extortion attempt, and data dump was one of the worst breaches of 2020 and an absolute nightmare in terms of a breach exposing personal and sensitive information. And what…