Valéry Marchive reports (translation): Ironically, when the President of the Republic, Emmanuel Macron, announced, this Thursday, February 18 at noon, the allocation of one billion euros , as part of the recovery plan, to cybersecurity , Afnor was shutting down the services it exhibits on the Internet, starting with its website. […] Reached by telephone, on his initiative, a…
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Lakehead University campus computers remain inaccessible due to cyber attack
CBC News reports: Computers on Lakehead University’s campus remain unavailable for use as the institution continues to deal with a cyber attack. Lakehead announced the cyber attack Tuesday afternoon, saying at the time all computers on both the Thunder Bay and Orillia campuses were being shut down. Read more on CBC News. The attack was…
Melbourne’s RMIT University suspends classes after suffering IT outage
ABC News (AU) reports: RMIT University has suspended online and in-person classes after suffering an IT outage that one government source has described to the ABC as a significant cyber attack. In a statement, RMIT said it was working to resolve “some issues” that had affected its IT systems but did not confirm what had…
Norwegian DPA issues fine to Municipality of Indre Østfold
As seen on the European Data Protection Board (EDPB): The Norwegian Data Protection Authority has fined the Municipality of Indre Østfold EUR 20 000 (NOK 200,000) for a confidentiality violation. Personal data that should have been restricted was available to unauthorized persons. The Municipality of Indre Østfold, formerly the Municipality of Askim, published the records…
Hacker attack on Hellenic Defense Systems (Ελληνικά Αμυντικά Συστήματα (EAS) – Threat actor(s) demand ransom in cryptocurrencies
(translation): The attack was noticed a few days ago and according to a report in the newspaper “Kathimerini”, the Ministry of National Defense and the Police have been involved in the investigation into the incident, while the EYP is monitoring the developments. Initially there was concern about the possibility that the company fell victim to…
TR: Hacker attack on Kayseri OSB!
Translation: According to the information received, the hackers or hackers who infiltrated the computers of Kayseri OIZ Directorate last week, locked the files containing important information of the institution and demanded money from the OIZ management in return for giving the passwords. OSB officials reacted to the hackers’ demand for money and referred the issue…