Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai reports on yet another incident in which responsible disclosure by a researcher and follow-up by media failed to get a company to address vulnerabilities that left the personal information of customers exposed: A company that makes a chastity device for people with a penis that can be controlled by a partner over the…
Category: Non-U.S.
“It can be confirmed the system of the Department of Defence has not been hacked”- SANDF
Yesterday, DataBreaches reported on SNAtch Team and how they were not a ransomware gang or using what had been referred to as the Snatch locker or ransomware. In that report, DataBreaches included a description provided by their spokesperson about their attack on the South Africa Department of Defense — an attack that SANDF initially dismissed…
At some point, SNAtch Team stopped being the Snatch ransomware gang. Were journalists the last to know?
In December 2019, Sophos published an analysis of Snatch ransomware. In June 2020, DFIR Report provided a case study, and in July 2020, LIFARS wrote an article about Snatch ransomware having been detected in attacks in June. Since then, the Snatch leak site has continued to add victims and the media (including DataBreaches) has continued to…
Za: Enforcement Notice Issued To Dis-Chem For Violating POPIA
Gugu Lourie reports: On the 31st of August 2023, the Information Regulator took action by issuing an Enforcement Notice against Dis-Chem, due to their non-compliance with several provisions of the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA). In the timeline of events, it was revealed that during the months of April and May in 2022, a…
One month later, Ranhill still hasn’t fully recovered from cyberattack
On July 26, DataBreaches reported that DESORDEN had attacked Ranhill Utilities Berhad, a provider of water and power supply in Malaysia. At the time, DESORDEN claimed, in part: The initial data breach was initiated on Nov 2021. For over 18 months, DESORDEN has been in their systems. On 17th July 2023, our group infiltrated their…
Za: How hacker stole R600K from Eastern Cape schools
Last week, the Specialised Commercial Crime Court of East London, Eastern Cape, handed down a prison sentence of three years to a hacker who stole just under R600 000 from the province’s education department. The crime took place in 2013, when Bruce Owen, in his thirties at the time, broke into the inner workings of…