Technische Universität Berlin (TU) has campuses in Berlin and Egypt, as well as offices in other countries. On April 30, they announced that they had become the victim of what sounds like a ransomware attack: 04/30/2021 An attack on TU Berlin’s Windows environment earlier today, 30 April 2021, has caused the University’s system to go…
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Ch: Cyber-attack on Swiss Cloud Computing AG
Swiss Cloud Computing AG describes itself as a leading Swiss cloud providersfor independent software vendors (ISVs) and ICT resellers. As Nau reports, they were hit with a ransomware attack last week. The type of ransomware was not reported, but approximately 6,500 of Swiss Cloud’s customers were impacted. The company has issued an updated statement that…
Ph: 345,000 sensitive legal documents from the PH government have been exposed online
Vittoria Elliott reports: For at least two months, some 345,000 sensitive court documents from the Office of the Solicitor General of the Philippines related to ongoing legal cases were made publicly available online and could have been accessed by anyone who knew where to look, according to the UK security company TurgenSec, which identified the data…
Tr: Cyber attack against the company involved with the 1915 Çanakkale bridge and motorway project
DLSY, formed by four Turkish and South Korean companies: Daelim, Limak, SK E&C, and Yapı Merkezi, is responsible for the Çanakkale 1915 Bridge and Motorway Project, a project that involves 25 financial institutions from 10 countries. The partnership was hit by a cyberattack that encrypted some of the files and servers. Yurtgazetesi reports that some servers…
UK: Colchester Institute suffers cyber security attack
The education sector has long been recognized as a relatively easy target for criminals. Now Colchester Institute in the U.K. has fallen prey to a cyberattack. The attack was first announced on April 29, but had occurred earlier in the week. In their first statement, posted on their web site, the school wrote As soon…
Toronto hit by ‘potential cyber breach’ from Accellion file transfer software
Howard Solomon reports: The City of Toronto says it suffered a “potential cyber breach” from a hack of data from use of its Accellion FTA file transfer server in January that may have involved the health information of individuals. In its initial statement today, the city said it was notified of a potential cyber breach related…