Jane Byrne reports: Agribusiness group, Danish Agro, was the target of a ransomware attack on Sunday, April 19. Read more on FeedNavigator.
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UniCredit Hackers Try to Sell Employee Data on Cyber-Crime Forums
Daniele Lepido and Sonia Sirletti report: Data on about 3,000 UniCredit SpA employees was put up for sale on cyber-crime forums after a hacking attack. The data went on sale on April 19 and contained what the hacker said was information on UniCredit workers, including emails, phone numbers, encrypted passwords and names, Telsy, a unit…
CISI payment breach leaves members vulnerable to fraud
Robbie Lawther reports: The Chartered Institute for Securities and Investments (CISI) has confirmed that some of its members may have had their financial information stolen after “malicious code” was inserted on its website. It comes after the professional body was made aware that members were noticing fraudulent activity on their credit/debit cards after a payment…
Teenage hacker arrested in Madrid for hacking medical data and leaking information on a politician positive for COVID-19
Dimitris Kouimtsidis reports: A 16-year-old hacker has been arrested for hacking medical data and then leaking information about a politician who was positive with coronavirus. Agents from the Technological Investigation Unit of the Policia Nacional arrested the teenager in Madrid. He had managed to hack into the servers of the Madrid health service and obtain…
Ca: Leading accounting firm MNP hit with cyberattack
Lawrence Abrams reports: A leading accounting firm in Canada forced a company-wide shutdown of their systems after getting hit with a cyberattack last weekend, BleepingComputer has learned. Canadian accounting firm MNP’s systems were impacted last weekend in what BleepingComputer was told was a ransomware attack. Read more on BleepingComputer.
ICO Confirms Second Deferral For BA And Marriott’s GDPR Fines
Melanie Mingas reports: The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), a public body sponsored by the UK’s Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), has again deferred the payment of multi-million-dollar fines levied on Marriott International and British Airways after both firms had customer information stolen by hackers. The fines, issued two days apart in July…