AOF (Translation): The MND group was the victim, on the night of March 22 to 23, 2021, of a malicious software intrusion on some of its servers in France and Austria. For security reasons, all the group’s servers have been disconnected and stopped in order to avoid any propagation to the rest of the information system. “This…
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Data breach at car companies may affect millions of Dutch people
Joost Schellevis reports (translated): The private addresses and telephone numbers of potentially millions of Dutch people have fallen into the hands of criminals. They have been stolen from a company that provides car garages with ICT services. In addition to name and address details, it also concerns e-mail addresses, license plates, telephone numbers and dates of birth,…
NXIVM sex-cult leader Keith Raniere under fire after lawyers accidentally reveal victim names in court docs
Noah Goldberg reports: Convicted sex-cult guru Keith Raniere and his legal team are in hot water for accidentally revealing the names of victims of the NXIVM leader in court documents Tuesday. The feds responded quickly, asking Brooklyn Federal Court Judge Nicholas Garaufis to seal the documents, which he agreed to and which was done early…
Clothes retailer Fatface: Someone’s broken in and accessed your personal data, including partial card payment details… Don’t tell anyone
Jude Karabus reports: British clothes retailer Fatface has infuriated some customers by telling them “an unauthorised third party” gained access to systems holding their data earlier this year, and then asking them to keep news of the blunder to themselves. Several people wrote into The Register to let us know about the personal data leak, with reader…
NZ: Privacy breach: IRD sent details of baby to complete stranger and paid her $240
Tamsyn Parker reports: A woman was shocked to find the details of an unknown baby had been added to her online Inland Revenue account and to receive a $240 back-dated payment for the child. Katie, who doesn’t want her last name used, said she received an email from the IRD last week to say her…
CZ: Railway administration was attacked by hackers, operations not endangered
Translation from ceskatelevize.cz: The railway administration has been facing a cyber attack since last week, Deník N reported . The state organization, which provides traffic on the railways, assured that it was not affected by the attack or traffic safety. The attack followed other previous incidents that targeted state organizations or ministries. According to the spokesman of the Railway Administration…