Hunton Andrews Kurth writes: On December 15, 2020, the Federal Trade Commission announced a proposed settlement with Ascension Data & Analytics, LLC, a Texas-based mortgage industry data analytics company (“Ascension”), to resolve allegations that the company failed to ensure one of its vendors was adequately securing personal information of mortgage holders. The FTC alleged that Ascension’s vendor, OpticsML,…
Scottish Environment Protection Agency targeted in cyberattack
PA Media reports: The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (Sepa) has been targeted in a cyberattack. […] “The attack is impacting our contact centre, internal systems, processes and internal communications. “We immediately enacted our robust business continuity arrangements, with our core regulatory, monitoring, flood forecasting and warning services adapting and continuing to operate. Read more on…
Koei Tecmo – Websites down due while probable cyberattack investigated
Adnan Siddiqi reports that Koei Tecmo is investigating what may be a cyberattack. The firm reported: KOEI TECMO HOLDINGS CO., LTD. (KOEI TECMO) reported on December 22, 2020 that the website operated by its UK subsidiary KOEI TECMO EUROPE LIMITED (KTE) possibly had some of the user information collected on its website leaked online. ….
Data breach discovered in Jerusalem Municipality website
The Jerusalem Post reports: A breach granting access to documents containing the personal information of hundreds of thousands of residents was found and repaired in the Jerusalem Municipality’s website, the tech website Geektime reported on Wednesday. The breach was discovered by Hezkiyahu Raful, a programmer, while he was trying to help his uncle file an…
RU: Freedom Finance admits data leak of 16,000 clients
InterFax reports: The broker Freedom Finance has admitted the leak of data on 16,000 clients, saying the data dated 2018, Timur Turlov, founder and general director of the broker, said on his Instagram account. It was earlier reported that the broker client’s data had appeared on several shadow forums. Read more on InterFax.
UK: 21 arrests in nationwide cyber crackdown; customers of WeLeakInfo targeted
From the UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA): 21 people have been arrested across the UK as part of an operation targeting customers of an online criminal marketplace that advertised stolen personal credentials. The operation, which ran over the past five weeks, was coordinated by the National Crime Agency and involved cybercrime teams from across the…