Mint reports: The Government of India has blocked several websites that were found to be exposing sensitive personal information, including Aadhaar and PAN card details of Indian citizens. This action was taken by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY). The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has also filed an official complaint with…
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Nightsleeper-style’ cyber attack hits 20 railway stations: Passengers logging on to public wi-fi at UK’s biggest transport hubs ‘are met with screen about terror attacks in Europe’
The Daily Mail reports: Nineteen major railway stations across Britain including ten in London have been hit by a major cyber attack impacting their public wi-fi systems for passengers. Network Rail confirmed London Euston, Manchester Piccadilly, Liverpool Lime Street, Birmingham New Street and Glasgow Central were among those impacted. British Transport Police launched an investigation after travellers logging into…
Star Health sues Telegram after hacker uses app’s chatbots to leak data
Reuters reports: Star Health has sued Telegram and a self-styled hacker after Reuters reported that the hacker was using chatbots on the messaging app to leak personal data and medical reports of policy holders. The lawsuit comes amid growing scrutiny of Telegram globally and the arrest of its founder Pavel Durov in France last month,…
Massive French citizens data leak exposes 95 million records
The Express Tribune reports: A serious data breach has exposed the personal information of millions of French citizens. Cybersecurity researchers at Cybernews discovered an open Elasticsearch server containing a trove of data from at least 17 separate data breaches. This database, nicknamed “vip-v3,” held information on an estimated 95 million French individuals, representing a significant…
Montenegro Launches New Open Data Portal after Cyberattack
In August 2022, Montenegro announced that they had been the victim of a cyberattack by Russian hackers. Days later, the Cuba ransomware group claimed responsibility for the attack that damaged much of the government’s digital infrastructure. A May 2023 news story on Montenegro’s struggle to recover noted that according to the Ministry of Public Administration,…
Criminal phishing network resulting in over 480,000 victims worldwide busted in Spain and Latin America
Europol published the following release on September 19: Europol has supported European and Latin American authorities in dismantling an international criminal network engaged in unlocking stolen or lost mobile phones through a phishing platform. Investigators reported 483 000 victims worldwide, who had attempted to regain access to their phones and been phished in the process….