The Tribune reports: Suspected North Korean hackers have tried to break into the systems of British drugmaker AstraZeneca in recent weeks, two people with knowledge of the matter told Reuters, as the company races to deploy its vaccine for the COVID-19 virus. The hackers posed as recruiters on networking site LinkedIn and WhatsApp to approach…
Hackers selling data of 21,000 British motorists on the dark web
TEISS reports: Personal information, including driving licence numbers and phones numbers, of 21,000 British motorists have reportedly been stolen by cyber criminals and put up for sale on dark web marketplaces. The massive breach of personal records of British motorists was revealed by Sun Online in a report in which the paper said hackers obtained the vast…
Manchester United getting assistance from UK’s cyber security agency after attack
PA reports: The Premier League club confirmed the hacking on 20th November and said it was not ‘aware of any breach of personal data associated with our fans and customers’. As of 26th November, club staff still did not have access to email, and some other functions were also unavailable. Read more on Sports Pro.
Personal data of 16 million Brazilian COVID-19 patients exposed online by Albert Einstein Hospital employee error
Today’s example of “no need to hack if it’s leaking,” Catalin Cimpanu reports: The personal and health information of more than 16 million Brazilian COVID-19 patients has been leaked online after a hospital employee uploaded a spreadsheet with usernames, passwords, and access keys to sensitive government systems on GitHub this month. Among the systems that had credentials…
Networking equipment vendor Belden discloses data breach
Catalin Cimpanu reports: American networking equipment vendor Belden said it was hacked in a press release published earlier this week. Belden says the security breach took place after hackers gained access to a limited number of its file servers. Read more on ZDNet.
Two more k-12 school districts allegedly hit by ransomware threat actors
Spring Independent School District in Houston, Texas is closed for Thanksgiving week, but I wonder if any of their staff are working anyway in response to a claimed ransomware attack by Egregor threat actors. There is no date on Egregor’s site to show when they claim to have locked up the district’s files. And they…