On March 29, DataBreaches.net reported a confirmed hack of Singapore retail furniture chain Vhive. Previous coverage of the attack, as reported by ALTDOS threat actors and as reported by the firm on their site can be found here. At the time of that publication, ransom negotiations between the firm and the attackers appeared to have…
Category: Non-U.S.
A first in Canada: Class action over loss of personal information dismissed on the merits
Stéphane Pitre, Anne Merminod, Alexandra Hebert, Alexis Leray of BLG Law Firm write: On March 26, 2021, the Superior Court rendered a landmark judgment dealing with the loss of personal information, Lamoureux c. OCRCVM, 2021 QCCS 1093. Madam Justice Florence Lucas, J.C.S. dismisses the class action filed by the plaintiff, Danny Lamoureux in its entirety in…
Canadian retailer Home Hardware hit by ransomware
Howard Solomon reports: One of the country’s biggest privately-held dealer-owned hardware retailers has acknowledged it was hit by ransomware, with the threat group promising to start releasing copied data today, April 2. Home Hardware Stores Ltd., with over 1,050 stores under the Home Hardware, Home Building Centre, and Home Furniture banners, acknowledged to ITWorldCanada.com an attack…
The largest supplier of car parts based in Cluj-Napoca, blackmailed by hackers
Monitorul reports (translation): The company Unix Auto SRL, the largest supplier of car parts in Transylvania based in Cluj-Napoca is subject to a cyber attack, the hackers demanding a considerable amount of money to return the company’s database. Unix Auto currently has supply points in all cities and municipalities in Transylvania. Thus, the car parts supplier…
Hackers Hit Italian Menswear Brand Boggi Milano With Ransomware
Daniele Lepido reports: A group of hackers executed a ransomware attack Wednesday on Italian menswear premium brand Boggi Milano, according to people familiar with the matter and documents seen by Bloomberg. … The hacker group called Ragnarok said on its dark web blog that it targeted Boggi Milano servers and stole about 40 gigabytes of corporate…
NZ: Allied Press hit by data breach
This afternoon Allied Press was contacted by Government cyber security organisation Cert NZ about a data breach affecting its ODT Archive service. Those affected by the breach have been sent an email containing more information. Read more on Otago Daily Times. Since Allied Press owns Otago Daily Times and is a news outlet, you’d hope…