Luke Irwin reports: Tusla, Ireland’s child and family agency, has been fined €75,000 for three breaches of the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation). It was found to have disclosed the personal information of children to unauthorised parties on three occasions. Read more on IT Governance.
Netfilim Ransomware Operators Leak Massive Data From a Global Logistic Group
Anriban Roy reports: The Netfilim ransomware operators have leaked the first installment of data from a massive 200 GB worth data of the global logistics company Toll Group. The operators have hacked the Toll network via its ransomware at the beginning of this month and breached a massive volume of data before encrypting the Toll…
Japan suspects missile data leak in Mitsubishi cyberattack
Mari Yamaguchi of AP reports: Japan is investigating a possible leak of data including details of a prototype missile in a massive cyberattack earlier this year on Mitsubishi Electric Corp., officials said Wednesday. The suspected leak involves sensitive information about a prototype of a cutting-edge high speed gliding missile intended for deployment for the defense…
FBI investigating security breach of Arkansas’ self-employed aid website
Rolly Hoyt reports: The troubled website Arkansas built from scratch to offer unemployment assistance to freelancers and contractors knocked out of work by the COVID-19 pandemic remains offline Monday because of a security breach detected before the weekend. Technicians with the state Department of Commerce have been working to fix the portal after a person…
Hacker arrested in Ukraine for selling billions of stolen credentials
Catalin Cimpanu reports: The Ukrainian Secret Service (SSU) announced today the arrest of a hacker known as Sanix, responsible for selling billions of hacked credentials on hacking forums and Telegram channels. The SSU says it arrested Sanix in Ivano-Frankivsk, a city in western Ukraine. Read more on ZDNet.
The ProLock ransomware doesn’t tell you one important thing about decrypting your files
Graham Cluley reports that if you find yourself in the situation where your files have been locked up by ProLock ransomware, there’s something to keep in mind when considering whether you should pay the ransom demand to get the decryption key promised by the attackers: What the hackers don’t tell you – let’s be generous,…