Federica Bigardi reports that Zambon , an Italian pharmaceutical firm, suffered a cyber attack (translation): The attack was identified and quickly isolated from Zambon’s information systems, which as a precautionary measure suspended activities at the Vicenza plant employing 217 people. Production was stopped for 5 days while the IT department investigated and resolved the attack…
Category: Non-U.S.
Dutch government pauses coronavirus app over data leak fears
AP reports: The Dutch government has temporarily disabled its coronavirus warning app amid data privacy concerns for people who have the app installed on phones using the Android operating system. Health Minister Hugo de Jonge announced late Wednesday that the CoronaMelder app will stop sending warnings for 48 hours while the government checks if users’ data is…
UK rail network Merseyrail likely hit by Lockbit ransomware
Lawrence Abrams reports: UK rail network Merseyrail has confirmed a cyberattack after a ransomware gang used their email system to email employees and journalists about the attack. Merseyrail is a UK rail network that provides train service through sixty-eight stations in the Liverpool City Region in England. Read more on BleepingComputer.
Il: Private patient cases of deceased psychologist found on the street
Hadar Gil-Ad reports: Hundreds of files that included personal information were thrown out from a local center for psychology and treatment of learning disabilities in Ramat Gan that was shut down after the pyschologist passed away a year and a half ago The documents of a deceased psychologist, containing private assessments and personal information on…
Fr: Savoie: Bourg-Saint-Maurice town hall is the target of a cyber-attack
A cyber-attack on the servers of the city of Bourg-Saint-Maurice took place this past weekend. Servers currently affected are those of tourism, Haute Tarentaise, and Séez. Le Dauphiné reports that the cybersecurity firm assisting with the investigation and recovery has found no theft of personal data (at least so far), but everything is encrypted. Although…
CZ: Three weeks after ransomware attack, Olomouc continues to recover while still being threatened by threat actors
On April 9, DataBreaches.net noted a report that the municipality f Olomouc had suffered a cyber attack on April 7. There were almost no details other than the municipality estimated it might take two weeks to fully restore services. Since then, a few more details have emerged. We now know that it was the Avaddon…