Some incidents that were reported in France this week: The University of Franche-Comté reported what L’Est Républicain described as a major attack n May 14. Some users received emails with malicious attachments. There does not seem to be any follow-up or notice on the university’s page, so it’s not clear how major this really was…
Category: Non-U.S.
Domino’s India hack: new developments
There are new developments in the Domino’s India breach first disclosed last month. Zee reports: Domino’s India has become a victim of a major data leak as more than 18 crore orders’ data has been put up on dark web for sale as a searchable database, allowing hackers to track and trace users from their…
Air India data breach: Personal info of 4.5 million people leaked due to ‘sophisticated cyberattack’
Poulomi Saha reports: A massive breach in Air India’s server this February led to compromising personal data of nearly 45,00,000 [4.5 million] people worldwide. The leaked data was collected between August 26, 2011 and February 3, 2021. This included people’s personal details like name, date of birth, contact information, passport information, ticket details, credit card…
FSB NKTsKI: Foreign ‘cyber mercenaries’ breached Russian federal agencies
Catalin Cimpanu reports: Foreign hackers have breached and stolen information from Russian federal executive bodies, the Russian government said in a report published last week. The attacks were identified in 2020. They were detailed in a joint report authored by Rostelecom-Solar, a cybersecurity division of Russian telecom giant Rostelecom, and the National Coordination Center for…
Social Security Data Breach Exposes Virtually All Indonesians to Digital Fraud Risks
That feeling when your government notifies you that your data are being given away on Raid Forums…. A suspected breach of Indonesia’s social security data has put virtually all Indonesians exposed to digital attacks and frauds, authorities and digital security experts warned on Friday. The Communication and Information Technology Ministry said that it has suspected personal records…
Toyota rear-ended by twin cyber attacks that left ransomware-shaped dents
Simon Sharwood reports: Toyota has admitted to a pair of cyber-attacks. The first hit the European operations of its subsidiary Daihatsu Diesel Company, a Toyota-owned company entity that designs engines. In a statement [PDF] dated May 16th, Daihatsu said it “experienced a problem in accessing its file server in the internal system on 14 May 2021.” “After…