James Carr reports: One of the country’s largest academy trusts has become the latest victim of a targeted ransomware cyber attack – with laptops used by pupils and email systems disabled. Harris Federation, which runs 49 schools, detected the attack on Saturday, and has been working through the weekend to resolve the issues. A Schools Week investigation last…
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Sg: Vhive alerts consumers to cyberattack
Vhive, a popular retail furniture chain in Singapore, has posted a notice on their web site and Facebook page announcing a cyberattack that occurred on March 23. Based on information provided to DataBreaches.net by the threat actors, this appear to have been a double extortion attack by ALTDOS threat actors that involves more than 300,000…
Hackers backdoor PHP source code after internal repo hack
Catalin Cimpanu reports: Hackers have breached the internal Git repository of the PHP programming language and have added a backdoor to the PHP source code in an attack that took place over the weekend, on Sunday, March 28. The backdoor mechanism was first spotted by Michael Voříšek, a Czech-based software engineer. If the malicious code had made it…
Channel Nine cyber-attack disrupts live broadcasts in Australia
BBC reports: A cyber-attack has disrupted live broadcasts on Australia’s Channel Nine TV network, prompting concerns about the country’s vulnerability to hackers. The broadcaster said it was unable to air several shows on Sunday, including Weekend Today. Nine said it was investigating whether the hack was “criminal sabotage or the work of a foreign nation”….
TR: Cyber attack statement from Yemeksepeti
Yemeksepeti is an online food delivery chain in Turkey and Cyprus. A translation of a news report indicated that they announced having experienced a cyberattack on Thursday morning, 25 March. The type of information involved reportedly includes: Name Date of birth Phone numbers registered with Yemeksepeti E-mail addresses registered in Yemeksepet Address information registered to…
Ca: Hackers demand ransom from Town of Didsbury in cyber attack
Dan Singleton reports: The Town of Didsbury was the victim of a cyber-attack on Sunday, March 21 when fraudsters encrypted the town’s information systems with ransomware and made a ransom demand to decrypt the system, town officials said Friday. Mayor Rhonda Hunter declined to say whether the Town of Didsbury has paid a ransom to…