R7 reports: A hacker attack hit this Friday (27) the systems of TRF-1 (Regional Court of the First Region). The attackers say they have gained access to files in more than 40 court databases. The attack was celebrated on the networks by the attackers, who claimed to have captured the data and thus managed to show…
Category: Non-U.S.
Hackers calling themselves “Black Shadow” breach Israeli insurance company, steal client data
Stuart Winer reports: Hackers targeting an Israeli insurance company claimed to have made off with a vast hoard of personal data on its clients, many of whom are civil servants. In a joint statement Tuesday, the Capital Markets Authority and the Israel National Cyber Directorate confirmed that there had been a cyberattack on the Shirbit…
WhiteHat Jr faces security breach exposing personal data
InfoTechLead reports: WhiteHat Jr, BYJU’S-owned online coding platform, has fixed a cyber security issue after exposing personal data of over 2.8 lakh students and teachers due to multiple vulnerabilities. Last month, Mumbai-based WhiteHat Jr was found to have another security issue that was also leaking students’ personal data and transaction details. Read more on InfoTechLead.
NL: Koninklijke Nederlandsche Wielren Unie (KNWU) reports a data breach of legacy database
As seen on KNWU: November 27, 2020 We regret to report that a data hack has taken place in our old MijnKNWU environment. It is no longer in use for the public since the beginning of this year, but was still accessible for internal and historical use. The breach affected the personal information of our members or people…
ZA: Absa accuses employee of leaking customer data
Admire Moyo reports that Absa, one of the country’s largest banks, has disclosed a data breach that resulted in customer data being shared with external parties> In a statement to ITWeb, the bank says: “Absa advises that an employee has unlawfully made selected customer data available to a small number of external parties. The leaked…
UK: “Human error” blamed for personal data breaches at Sheffield Council
Lucy Ashton reports: The council is required to note, assess and deal with any information security or personal data breaches and logged 231 incidents during 2019/20. Of these, 92 were personal data breaches. The majority involved customers and were caused by human error with emails or post being delivered to the wrong person. Read more…