The following is a translation of a press release issued March 5 by Petrópolis: The Petrópolis City Hall reports that the web pages of CPTrans [Companhia Petropolitana de Trânsito e Transportes] and the Educa em Casa platform, which serves students from the municipal network remotely, were the target of a cyber attack by a hacker. The…
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Czech officials in Prague ‘hit by massive cyber attack’
EuroNews reports: Czech officials in Prague have been hit by a large-scale cyberattack, according to the city’s mayor. “There has been a massive cyber attack on public administration systems,” Zdeněk Hřib tweeted, adding that the servers had “survived” and there was little damage. An immediate outage was made on the email system to maintain security. Read…
Ca: Personal data of 50,000 N.S. health-care workers may have been compromised by Accellion breach
Reports concerning an incident involving Nova Scotia Health Employees’ Pension Plan (NSHEPP) in Canada are part of the Accellion breach that has been in the news since January. NSHEPP has posted a number of notices and updates on their site. It is not yet confirmed whether their data was actually exfiltrated by the attackers or…
AU: LandMark White data breach trial to put firm under spotlight
Michael Bleby reports the latest developments in the wake of a breach involving Landmark White (now known as Acumentis): ASX-listed valuer LandMark White’s cyber security standards will come under the spotlight this week, as the trial kicks off of an IT contractor accused of stealing customer data from the firm and putting it on the…
Hackers obtain sensitive data on UK aid projects overseas
Ben Quinn reports: Hackers have obtained sensitive documents relating to British aid projects, including details related to projects funded by a secretive national security fund. The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) and experts from the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), an arm of GCHQ, are investigating how a “third party” came to obtain the data. Read…
Data of 580,000 Singapore Airlines customers leaked in SITA security breach
Toh Ting Wei reports: About 580,000 Singapore Airlines (SIA) customers have been affected by a data leak at an external firm. SIA said in a statement yesterday that members of its KrisFlyer and PPS Club reward programmes have had their membership numbers, tier status and, in some cases, membership names compromised. […] SIA said the…