Paul Karp reports that the government has been exposing personal details of 774,000 migrants and those wishing to migrate to Australia. The department’s SkillsSelect platform, hosted by the employment department, invites skilled workers and business people to express an interest in migrating to Australia. Expressions of interest are stored for two years and displayed on a publicly available…
Indonesia’s Tokopedia begins probe after data of 91 million users allegedly leaked
Reuters reports: Tokopedia, Indonesia’s largest e-commerce platform, said it was investigating an attempted hack and claims that the details of millions of its users had been leaked online. “We found that there had been an attempt to steal data from Tokopedia users,” a spokesman for the company said in a statement late Saturday. Read more on…
London accounting firm attacked by Sodinokibi operators
The London accountancy firm MJ Payne Ltd advertises that it is a Specialist accounting services for small and micro businesses. Stress free. They may need to redact the “Stress free” claim now that they have allegedly been attacked by REvil ransomware operators. On Friday, and as proof of their attack, the REvil operators posted screencaps…
PA: PeroxyChem discloses ransomware attack as it continues to address recovery
I wonder how successful Maze Team really is. They add a lot of victims to their website. They may consider those victims successful attacks, but the reality is that those victims haven’t paid their ransom, so how well is Maze Team doing financially? I suspect that they’re doing a lot better than we’d hope they’d…
Security lapse at India’s Jio exposed coronavirus symptom checker results
Zack Whittaker reports: Since the start of the outbreak, governments and companies have scrambled to develop apps and websites that can help users identify COVID-19 symptoms. India’s largest cell network Jio, a subsidiary of Reliance, launched its coronavirus self-test symptom checker in late March, just before the Indian government imposed a strict nationwide lockdown to prevent the further…
Sodinokibi, Ryuk ransomware drive up average ransom to $111,000
Ionut Ilascu reports: The first quarter of the year recorded an increase of the average amount ransomware operators demand from their victims. Compared to the previous quarter, a 33% swell was noted, driven by the Sodinokibi and Ryuk ransomware operators. Behind this are successful attacks against large enterprises that can afford to pay top dollar to…