Anton Nilsson reports that threat actors who have been dumping files from Accellion clients have started dumping files from Transport NSW: Massive amounts of sensitive NSW government documents have been published online by hackers attempting to extort the authorities for cash. The sporadic leaks to the dark web have continued in the past few days…
Category: Non-U.S.
Ca: Nunavut schools confirm school information system vendor suffered ransomware attack
On March 3, this site noted that a security incident affecting Manitoba school districts sounded like a ransomware attack on Edsembli. Yesterday, Nunavut’s Department of Education confirmed it was a ransomware attack on the territory’s school information system that stores grades, attendance and student enrolment. That system is maintained by Edsembli. No data has reportedly…
UK: Details of ‘vulnerable kids’ uploaded to Birmingham City Council website in ‘serious’ data breach
Nick Horner reports: A “serious” online data breach at Birmingham City Council saw personal information – allegedly the details of “vulnerable children” – put at risk. Data, said to relate to youngsters entitled to free bus passes, was uploaded “in error” by staff and was “potentially available externally”, the authority said in an email raising the alarm,…
Federal Police arrest hacker suspected of the largest data leak in Brazil
Arkady Petrov reports: The man suspected of being responsible for the largest data leak in Brazil was arrested this Friday, March 19th, in Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, during Operation Deepwater, of the Federal Police (PF). The action investigates the obtaining, disclosure and commercialization of data of Brazilians, including several authorities. The investigations found that, last January,…
Br: Hacker attack compromises operation of Celg-GT applications and files
Felipe Cardoso reports (translation): Celg Geração e Transmissão (Celg GT) – reported, on the morning of this Friday, the 19th, that it suffered, during the night, a cyber attack that left access to the entire corporate network of applications and files compromised. It has not yet been possible to identify the extent of the damage…
De: Police are investigating a cyber attack on paint manufacturer Remmers
NDR reports (translation): So far unknown perpetrators have carried out a cyber attack on the Löningen chemical company Remmers. This is reported by NDR 1 Lower Saxony. The lacquer and paint manufacturer from the district of Cloppenburg therefore had to stop large parts of its production. A company spokesman said at noon that some areas have now been…