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Thousands of New Zealanders’ email addresses, passwords stolen in data breach

Posted on November 20, 2020 by Dissent

1News reports: A person is claiming to be in possession of 2.6 million email addresses and encrypted passwords from Nitro PDF, of which 4000 are .nz email addresses, cyber security organisation CERT NZ said in an alert this afternoon. “CERT NZ understands there has been further data released in this breach, the details are not yet…

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Ca: The former Coop fédérée is the target of cyber hackers

Posted on November 19, 2020 by Dissent

Victoria Smith reports: Quebec’s largest agricultural company, Sollio Groupe coopératif, suffered a ransomware attack on November 7. The cyber hackers are threatening to publish the mass of data they have stolen in [now less than two days]. Sollio, formerly La Coop fédérée, thus becomes the largest business victim of a cyberattack in Quebec in 2020….

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Trudeau Privacy Law to Level Stiff Fines for Digital Breaches

Posted on November 17, 2020 by Dissent

Kait Bolongaro reports: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government unveiled a remake of Canadian privacy laws to strengthen user rights in the digital world. Under legislation introduced Tuesday in Ottawa, companies that commit the most serious offenses would be hit with fines worth as much as 5% of revenue or C$25 million ($19 million), whichever is…

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350,000 pieces of data stolen from Japanese game software maker Capcom

Posted on November 17, 2020 by Dissent

The Yomiuri Shimbun reports: Capcom Co., an Osaka-based major game software maker, announced Monday that up to 350,000 pieces of information, including those of its customers, might have been compromised by cyber-attacks. The company said the potentially stolen data includes its customers’ personal details, such as names, telephone numbers and email addresses. The company also…

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Umanis hit by NetWalker ransomware?

Posted on November 16, 2020 by Dissent

Valery Marchive reports (translation follows): Umanis declared, this Monday morning November 16, to have been the subject, “like many other companies, of a cyberattack on November 14″. In its press release, also repeated on social networks, the ESN ensures that “the spread of the virus was immediately stopped, thanks to isolation measures. The computer network and applications were disconnected…

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City of Saint John hit by ‘significant’ cyber attack

Posted on November 16, 2020 by Dissent

CBC reports that one of my favorite Canadian locales has been hit by a cyberattack. There’s been a “significant” cyber attack against the City of Saint John, according to a news release from the municipality on Sunday evening. The city’s 911 communication system is working, but other services such as online payments systems, email and…

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