Gareth Corfield reports: In a blunder described as “astonishing and worrying,” Sheffield City Council’s automatic number-plate recognition (ANPR) system exposed to the internet 8.6 million records of road journeys made by thousands of people, The Register can reveal. Read more on The Register.
Category: Non-U.S.
China Issues New Measures on Cybersecurity Review of Network Products and Services
Yan Luo and Zhijing Yu of Covington & Burling write: On April 27, 2020, the Cyberspace Administration of China (“CAC”) and other eleven government agencies jointly released the final version of the Measures on Cybersecurity Review (“Measures”) (an official Chinese version of the Measures is available here). These Measures will take effect on June 1, 2020. Under Article…
Massive & Unprecedented Security Breach Takes Usenet Providers Offline
Andy writes: A massive security breach has taken at least one major Usenet provider offline. UseNext says that a “security hole in a partner company” could have revealed names and bank account information, exposing customers to fraud and identity theft. The precise nature of the breach isn’t clear but reports that a Usenet client has…
Huiying Medical Breached; Source Code for AI-assisted COVID-19 Detection, and Experimental Data of COVID-19 on Sale
Cyble reports: Cyble researchers have identified a credible threat actor ‘THE0TIME’ claiming to have gained access to Huiying Medical Technology’s COVID-19 detection’s technology source code and COVID-19 experimental data. As part of the breach, the preparator (sic) claims to have gained access to the COVID-19 detection technology code, as well as COVID-19 experiments data as well. Read more on Medium.
Zaha Hadid Architects held to ransom by cyberhacker
Will Ing reports: A computer hacker has attempted to extort money from Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) after breaking into its servers and stealing confidential information The practice was attacked by ransomware – a type of malicious software – which remotely accessed a computer at its London office earlier this month. ZHA alerted police on Tuesday…
UK: Warwick University was hacked and kept breach secret from students and staff
Alexander Martin reports: Hackers accessed the University of Warwick’s administrative network last year in an attack which has been kept secret from the affected individuals and organisations, Sky News has learnt. The security incident occurred when a staff member installed remote-viewing software enabling hackers to steal sensitive personal information on students, staff and even volunteers…