Huw Mabe reports: A number of schools in South Gloucestershire have been left without access to their IT systems after being subjected to a targeted ransomware attack. All schools in the Castle School Education Trust are affected, including Castle School and Marlwood School. Read more on Gazette.
Category: Non-U.S.
Line app allowed Chinese firm to access personal user data
Catalin Cimpanu reports: In a press conference today, the Japanese government announced it was investigating the parent company behind the Line instant messaging app after a local newspaper reported that engineers at one of the app’s Chinese contractors accessed the messages and personal details of Line users. Read more on The Record.
French Data Watchdog CNIL Opens Probe Into Clubhouse App
Stephanie Bodoni reports: France’s data-protection watchdog said it’s opened a probe into private social media app Clubhouse following a complaint. French regulator CNIL said on Wednesday it questioned Alpha Exploration Co. Inc., the U.S. company behind the invite-only app, about the measures taken for the app to comply with EU rules on March 12. Read more on Bloomberg.
Ca: Coleman Group says it caught cyberattack in progress that may have accessed employee files
Mike Moore reports: The Coleman Group of Companies says it was the target of a cyberattack in late February and has reason to believe some of its human resources and payroll files were accessed. According to the company, those files contain names, addresses, social insurance numbers and banking information of employees both past and present. Greg Gill,…
The Metropolitan Area of Barcelona hit by ransomware
Juan Ranchal reports (translation): The Metropolitan Area of Barcelona, AMB, has suspended its digital services after suffering a computer attack that is suspected of being a Ransomware like the recent one from SEPE. “For external reasons, the AMB systems have been affected and electronic processing, other digital services and updating the website are not available,” this administrative body…
UK: Ministry of Defence secrets exposed by people sending files to personal email accounts, documents show
Alexander Martin reports: Secret information belonging to the Ministry of Defence was exposed to hostile states when it was transferred from secure networks to personal email accounts, Sky News has learnt. Although documents obtained by Sky News were redacted to obscure the nature of the secret information, they reveal a record number of security breaches…