Shloak Prabhu reports: Domino’s India, which is owned by Jubilant FoodWorks has apparently fallen victim to a massive data leak. Hackers have reportedly published crucial data on the dark web. The data contains details of lakhs of Domino’s India customers and employees. As per reports, sensitive customer data like names, phone numbers, and credit card…
Dominican National Indicted for Identity Theft, Theft of Public Money, Passport and Health Care Fraud
We often hear about medical identity theft as a risk of PII or PHI being stolen or hacked. Here’s a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Rhode Island about one such case: A Dominican national living in Providence who, since at least 1994, allegedly used the stolen Social Security number…
Es: University of Castilla-La Mancha (UCLM) suffers a ransomware attack
cmmedia reports that the University of Castilla-La Mancha (UCLM) suffered a ransomware attack on Monday (translation): The UCLM has denounced the attack on the National Cryptological Center Computer Emergency Response Team (CNN-CERT), the body in charge of ensuring the cybersecurity of the administration and public bodies and strategic companies in the country. Notice of the…
De: Cyberattack on Bavarian city of Kammeltal
BR24 reports that a municipality in Bavaria has been hit by a trojan with a ransom demand (translation): When Ernst Walter turns on his computer, he can hardly believe his eyes. The executive director of the Kammeltal municipality in the Günzburg district can no longer open anything: “Instead of normal files, there was only a…
UK: Aneurin Bevan health board: Theft impacting patient enquiries
Jonathon Hill reports: The Aneurin Bevan University Health Board says it is struggling to respond to patient enquiries after theft of important equipment from one of its sites. In a statement the health board has said: “Due to a break in at one of our premises last night, our Trauma and Orthopaedic Outpatients team is…
They Hacked McDonald’s Ice Cream Machines—and Started a Cold War
Andy Greenberg reports: Of all the mysteries and injustices of the McDonald’s ice cream machine, the one that Jeremy O’Sullivan insists you understand first is its secret passcode. Press the cone icon on the screen of the Taylor C602 digital ice cream machine, he explains, then tap the buttons that show a snowflake and a milkshake…