The Daily Sabah reports: About 1 million people’s information was stolen in a cyberattack targeting the municipality of Konya in central Turkey, media reports claimed. A municipality official confirmed the attack but did not disclose its scale. The Sözcü newspaper claims the ID numbers and other personal information of about 1 million people were stolen…
Category: Non-U.S.
De: Hackers attack Ehrmann, demand millions in ransom
Ehrmann SE is a dairy headquartered in Germany. It has production facilitites in Russia and Brazil, as well as sales offices in Italy, Spain, the Czech Republic, Poland, Finland and China. The multinational firm has reportedly been hit by hackers. All we really know so far, as reported yesterday by Jens Noll and Sabrina Karrer,…
Japanese Manufacturer Yamabiko Targeted by Babuk Ransomware
Phil Muncaster reports: A ransomware group that claimed to be retiring after an audacious attack on Washington DC’s police department appears to be back in action after reportedly targeting a Japanese firm. Yamabiko, a Tokyo-headquartered manufacturer of power tools and agricultural and industrial machinery, was apparently added to the data leak site used by the…
No: Volue ASA hit by Ryuk ransomware
Volue is Norwegian software company. On May 5, they reportedly became a victim of a ransomware attack. In a statement on their site, they explained: Volue ASA was today subject to a cyber-attack impacting operation in some of the company’s business areas. Mitigating actions were immediately implemented. Currently, there seems to be limited impact on…
Es: IT services of the Oviedo City Council knocked out
Gonzalo Diaz-Rubin reports that all of the IT services of the Oviedo City Council have been crippled. Machine translation: A malicious program blocked access to servers and data and the municipal contractor has been forced to pull the rest of the support to stop the invasion. It is, according to municipal sources, a ransomware cyber-attack, of…
Sg: United Overseas Bank employee allegedly fell prey to scam & leaked personal information of 1,166 customers
Matthias Ang reports: An employee in UOB has disclosed the personal details of 1,166 customers, who are China nationals, as a result of an impersonation scam. According to a press release by the bank, the employee had allegedly been deceived by a China police impersonation scam, leading to the disclosure of the customers’ names, identification and mobile…