Benjamin Kerstein reports: Israel thwarted a major cyber-attack on its water infrastructure over the weekend. In a statement, Israel’s National Cyber Directorate announced, “Reports have been received by the National Cyber Directorate about attempted attacks on command and control systems of wastewater treatment plants, pumping stations, and sewage.” Read more on Algemeiner.com.
Category: Non-U.S.
Optus facing class action over alleged customer privacy breaches
Tammy Mills reports: Optus has been hit with a class action complaint after it mistakenly published the names, addresses and phone numbers of tens of thousands of customers. The details of about 50,000 of the telco’s customers were published in the White Pages, run by Sensis, last year. Read more on Sydney Morning Herald.
AU: Sydney nurse stole patients’ credit cards for $36,000 spending spree
Luke Costin reports: A nurse at a Sydney day surgery has been found guilty after going on a $36,000 shopping spree with credit cards nicked from unconscious patients. Saeeda Kauser, 32, then successfully tricked police into closing the investigation into her. A NSW tribunal on Monday found the 32-year-old guilty of professional misconduct for the…
IN: Nagaland govt investigating data leak of stranded persons
Medolenuo Ambrocia reports: Kohima: A major data breach in the government of Nagaland website to help citizens stranded outside the state has led to personal details of these individuals being exposed. Personal information including bank account details, AADHAAR number, phone numbers, address etc have been leaked into the public domain. This is serious as this private…
Danish Agro’s computer systems hacked
Jane Byrne reports: Agribusiness group, Danish Agro, was the target of a ransomware attack on Sunday, April 19. Read more on FeedNavigator.
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…