Catalin Cimpanu reports: Several companies and large corporations from Israel have been breached and had their systems encrypted using a new strain of ransomware named Pay2Key, in what appears to be a targeted attack against Israeli networks. The first attacks were seen in late October but have now grown in numbers while also remaining contained…
Category: Non-U.S.
Ie: Data Protection Commission Fine on Tusla Child and Family Agency Confirmed in Court
From the Irish DPC this week: The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) today had the decision to impose an administrative fine on Tusla Child and Family Agency confirmed in the Dublin Circuit Court. The application to confirm the decision to impose an administrative fine of €75,000 was made pursuant to Section 143 of the Data…
STJ would have been a victim of ransomware; Ministry of Health suffers attack
It seems like every week, I am being shown evidence of huge — and I do mean HUGE — data leaks out of two countries: India and Brazil. I do not report on most of them. But I am not surprised to read a news report that Brazilian government agencies have been hit with ransomware….
Police open case into leak of 500 soldiers’ personal data
Unian reports: Ukrainian Ombudsperson’s Office says law enforcers have initiated criminal proceedings over the publication on the Internet of personal data of 500 soldiers who had taken part in the Joint Forces Operation in the Donbas warzone. “As a result of the response on the part of the Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights, publication…
Update: Newcastle students’ data including home addresses leaked on dark web after cyber attack
Theresa Merkel reports: A range of documents including Newcastle University students’ data has been leaked onto the dark web following the cyberattack that disrupted the university’s IT systems in September. The files were leaked by cybercrime group Doppelpaymer on October 12th and include a full list of students, their specific departments, courses and student numbers. Read more…
Another Indian pharmaceutical giant reports cybersecurity breach within two weeks of ransomware hack on Dr Reddy’s
Prabhjote Gill reports: Another leading Indian pharmaceutical, Lupin, has reported a cybersecurity attack on its IT systems within two weeks of a ransomware attack on Dr Reddy’s Laboratories. “We have recently experienced an information security incident that has affected several of our internal IT systems. This has not impacted our core systems and operations,” Lupin…