Xinhua reports: China’s public security agencies investigated and settled more than 3,100 criminal cases involving personal information breaches this year, with more than 9,700 suspects arrested, according to the Ministry of Public Security. By Dec 20, police across the country had dismantled more than 40 criminal gangs and arrested more than 860 suspects in 50…
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Antwerp laboratory becomes latest victim of cyber-attack
Alan Hope reports a ransomware attack on a laboratory that “handles about 3,000 Covid-19 tests a day, or about 5% of he national total. As such, it is the largest private lab in the country dealing with the Covid-19 crisis.” The attack took place on the General Medical Laboratory (AML) in the Antwerp district of…
AIDA Cruise Ships Under Cyber Attack
Jim Walker reports: AIDA cruise ships, including the Aidamar and the Aidaperla, are suffering what has been described as an “immense” IT problem, according to a German newspaper published today. Bild reports that the AIDA cruise line’s operations in its home port of Rostock, Germany have been affected by the failure of the company’s land based and shipboard telephone and internet…
Kawasaki announces security incident and responsive measures
— Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. announced that it was subject to unauthorized access from outside the company. As a result of a thorough investigation, the company have discovered that some information from overseas offices may have been leaked to external parties. At this time, the company has found no evidence of leaking information to the…
FR: La Rochelle: the computer networks of the City and the Agglomeration inaccessible due to a cyber attack
On Dec. 18, this site noted that services in Évreux and the agglomeration were shut down after a cyberattack. Today, it’s the computer networks of La Rochelle and the Agglomeration. And as with the previous report, city functions have been disrupted. Are these cities being hit by the same threat actor(s)? If so, who, and…
Snai down, the company explains: cyber attack on the website and app of online submissions
Gazzetta del Sud reports (translation): Snaitech, one of the main legal gaming operators in Italy, announces that it has been the subject of a cyber attack by unknown persons which has caused, starting from last December 27, the malfunctioning of the snai.it site and the gaming apps. Read more on Gazzetta del Sud, via @Chum1ng0. In related…