Translator: Ricky Mohammad Nugraha TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – Diponegoro University (Undip) Semarang on Tuesday revealed that there had been hacking attempts to breach its servers which keeps thousands of its students’ data. They claim that the cyber attacks can be traced back to the Netherlands, China, Hong Kong, and Mexico. They implied that the students’ data is believed to be leaked from…
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UK: Trafford bin collection firm suffers major cyber attack with contracts, passports, financial details leaked publicly
Alice Richardson reports: The company in charge of Trafford’s bin collections and cleaning the borough’s street has suffered a major cyber attack and sensitive personal, financial and commercial details have been leaked. Amey PLC, which has a super contract with Trafford council to manage its infrastructure, was targeted by Mount Lock ransomware group in an…
Russian policeman detained over data leak about alleged Navalny poisoners: RBC
Reuters reports: Russia has opened a criminal case against a police officer accused of leaking data that could have helped identify the alleged poisoners of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, the RBC business daily reported on Tuesday, citing sources. The officer could face up to 10 years in jail if found guilty of abuse of power….
Hackers claim to have attacked major Bangladeshi conglomerate
Hackers claim to have successfully attacked a multinational conglomerate that is described as having the largest market capitalization on Bangladesh’s stock market. Background on BEXIMCO The Bangladesh Export Import Company Limited (“BEXIMCO”) was founded in the 1970s and has approximately 70,000 employees worldwide. It has operations and investments across a wide range of industries including…
Ph: NPC orders lender Familyhan to take down customer database following complaints
Back End News reports: The Philippines’ National Privacy Commission (NPC) has ordered Familyhan Credit Corp. to immediately stop processing the personal data of more than 6,000 borrowers following an investigation of complaints that the online lender has put at risk the privacy of the data subjects in violation of the Data Privacy Act of 2012…
CHwapi hospital hit by ransomware; operations canceled, and another city hit
Another hospital has been hit with ransomware. The following is a Google translation of a report The CHwapi, hospital center of Picardy Wallonia in Tournai, was the victim of a computer attack on Sunday evening. All non-urgent operations were canceled on Monday. No ransom demand has been demanded, according to management. The CHwapi was the…