The following is a translation of an alert on Opgelicht?! Energy supplier Eneco is warning (former) customers of a possible data breach: they have established that cyber criminals have managed to gain access to the accounts of 1,700 customers and that personal information may have been stolen. What you need to know? Last week, Eneco…
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ZA: Government to replace Sassa grant cards after security breach
BusinessTech staff report: Minister of Social Development Lindiwe Zulu says that government is in talks with stakeholders to replace South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) cards after a security breach, first reported in 2019. Responding to a written parliamentary Q&A in December, Zulu said that Sassa cards are actually bank cards issued by the South…
Indiana attorney general says no charges recommended in fetal remains case
One of the most disturbing privacy and data security cases of the decade has come to an end of sorts. Rick Callahan of AP reports the update to a case first reported last year, but caution: this story may be triggering for some people. Indiana’s attorney general recommended no criminal charges or licensing actions Wednesday…
GoDaddy cold-hearted phishing exercise got employees’ hopes up — only to dash them
GoDaddy really f***ed up. There’s simply no other way to put it even though they try to justify it by saying that they mimicked really forces in play these days. On December 23, Lorraine Longhi tweeted: With the holidays around the corner, GoDaddy employees received an email last week offering some welcome financial relief: a…
Norwegian DPA imposes administrative fine to Østfold HF Hospital
From EDPB on November 25: The Norwegian Data Protection Authority has decided on an administrative fee of NOK 750,000 to Østfold HF Hospital. The background is that in the period 2013-2019, the hospital stored report extracts from patient records outside the safe zone. The case started with a notice of personal data breach from the…
Hackers are selling more than 85,000 SQL databases on a dark web portal
Update: To read the original research report on the threat actors and sale/auction on the dark web, see this report by Guardicore. Catalin Cimpanu reports: More than 85,000 SQL databases are currently on sale on a dark web portal for a price of only $550/database. The portal, brought to ZDNet‘s attention earlier today by a security…