The Economic Times reports: Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation Smart City said on Monday that it had not suffered any data loss due to a ransomware attack late last month and that it had also not paid ransom to the hackers. This is perhaps the first known instance of a cyberattack on a Smart City project, which…
UK: South Gloucestershire schools hit by ransomware attack
Huw Mabe reports: A number of schools in South Gloucestershire have been left without access to their IT systems after being subjected to a targeted ransomware attack. All schools in the Castle School Education Trust are affected, including Castle School and Marlwood School. Read more on Gazette.
Line app allowed Chinese firm to access personal user data
Catalin Cimpanu reports: In a press conference today, the Japanese government announced it was investigating the parent company behind the Line instant messaging app after a local newspaper reported that engineers at one of the app’s Chinese contractors accessed the messages and personal details of Line users. Read more on The Record.
Tampa Twitter hacker agrees to three years in prison
Dan Sullivan reports: The Tampa teen who took control of well-known Twitter accounts last summer and used them to solicit more than $100,000 in Bitcoin pleaded guilty to state charges Tuesday in exchange for a three-year prison sentence. In a deal with prosecutors, Graham Ivan Clark agreed to serve three years in prison, followed by…
FL: Leon County Schools website hacked during spring break
Karah Bailey reports: One of the last things parents might want their children to experience was the first and most noticeable thing on the Leon County Schools homepage this morning: hate speech highlighted in an orange banner for all who logged in to see. The post, with comments too offensive to repeat, has been taken…
French Data Watchdog CNIL Opens Probe Into Clubhouse App
Stephanie Bodoni reports: France’s data-protection watchdog said it’s opened a probe into private social media app Clubhouse following a complaint. French regulator CNIL said on Wednesday it questioned Alpha Exploration Co. Inc., the U.S. company behind the invite-only app, about the measures taken for the app to comply with EU rules on March 12. Read more on Bloomberg.