Mark Quinlivan reports: Police have admitted nearly 40 firearms licence applicants have had their privacy breached. A police spokesperson told Newshub 38 people had been impacted by the “localised” privacy breach after an email was sent advising the recipients to undertake a firearms safety course. Read more on NewsHub.
Category: Non-U.S.
Irish patients’ data stolen by hackers shows up in negotiation chat
Laura Noonan in Dublin and James Shotter in Warsaw report: Medical and personal information about Irish patients stolen by hackers last week is now being shared online, screenshots and files seen by the Financial Times show. The records offered online by hackers to further their demands for almost $20m in ransom also include internal health…
Cybersecurity incident causes disruption and some delays at Ardagh Group
Global packaging group Ardagh is a supplier of recyclable metal and glass packaging for the world’s leading brands. It operates 57 metal and glass production facilities in 12 countries, employs more than 16,000 people with sales of approximately $7 billion. In 2018, Ardagh deployed Vectra Cognito AI solution. Vectra Cognitio AI uses Machine Learning intelligence…
Crypto exchanges BtcTurk and Pi Network linked to security incidents
CoinTelegraph reports: Major Turkish crypto exchange BtcTurk came forward about a data breach from mid-2018 that leaked sensitive information of over 500,000 users. According to the official announcement, the stolen data set contains BtcTurk users’ names, citizen ID numbers, emails, addresses, birthdates and mobile phone numbers. The stolen data set first appeared on an online…
Cyberinsurance giant AXA hit by ransomware attack after saying it would stop covering ransom payments
Graham Cluley sets the stage nicely: Ouch. One week after the French branch of cyberinsurance giant AXA said that it would no longer be writing policies to cover ransomware payments, the company’s operations in Thailand, Malaysia, Hong Kong, and the Phillippines have reportedly been hit… by a ransomware attack. Read more on GrahamCluley.com. Consistent with their…
De: Darkside threat actors attempted to extort Möbelstadt Sommerlad
Möbelstadt Sommerlad is a retail furniture store in Germany. This week, its managing director, Frank Sommerlad, disclosed that they had been the victim of a ransomware attack and extortion attempt. Marc Schäfer reports Sommerlad’s statement (machine translation): “We got away with it with a black eye,” says Frank Sommerlad, managing director of the R. Sommerlad GmbH…