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ICO reprimands the Electoral Commission after cyber attack compromises servers

Posted on July 30, 2024 by Dissent

The U.K.’s Information Commissioner’s Office issued the following statement today: We have issued a reprimand to the Electoral Commission after hackers gained access to servers that contained the personal information of approximately 40 million people. In August 2021, hackers successfully accessed the Electoral Commission’s Microsoft Exchange Server by impersonating a user account and exploiting known…

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Newborn data allegedly accessed by doctor seeking profit

Posted on July 26, 2024 by Dissent

It’s an old story, but it continues to occur: insiders using data to open their own businesses or practices.  This time, 800 people are being notified by Windsor area hospitals in Canada that their babies’ data was “inappropriately accessed” by a pediatrician within Windsor Regional Hospital. Travis Fortnum reports: In a statement sent to CTV…

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Pro-Russian Hackers Detained in Spain for Cyberattacks on NATO Allies

Posted on July 21, 2024 by Dissent

EU Today reports: Spain has apprehended three individuals accused of executing cyberattacks as part of a well-known pro-Russian hacker group targeting Ukraine and NATO countries that support Ukraine. The Spanish Civil Guard announced on 20 July that they had detained the suspects in Manacor, Balearic Islands, and in the province of Andalusia. The individuals are alleged to…

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‘GhostEmperor’ returns: Mysterious Chinese hacking group spotted for first time in two years

Posted on July 19, 2024 by Dissent

Alexander Martin reports: An elusive and highly covert Chinese hacking group tracked as GhostEmperor — notorious for its sophisticated supply-chain attacks targeting telecommunications and government entities in Southeast Asia — has been spotted for the first time in more than two years. And according to the researchers, the group has gotten even better at evading…

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Trickbot dev arrested in Moscow

Posted on July 19, 2024 by Dissent

Catalin Cimpanu reports: Russian authorities have allegedly arrested a member of the Trickbot cybercrime gang in Moscow this week. According to a report from Russian news channel Baza, authorities have detained a 37-year-old man named Fedor Andreev on the morning of July 15 in a house in South Moscow. Andreev was allegedly detained based on an Interpol…

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Cyberattack on prescription service MediSecure affects 13 million Australians

Posted on July 18, 2024 by Dissent

Angus Dalton reports: Almost 13 million Australians had personal and health-related data stolen in the MediSecure cyberattack earlier this year, making the mass hack one of the largest ever. The Melbourne-based online prescription service company announced it was the victim of a ransomware data breach in May. A week later, a hacker claiming to possess…

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