IANS reports: New Delhi: After the Armed Forces were attacked by cyber crooks on Friday late night, the tri-services cyber wings issued emergency warning to all the defence personnel not to access mail titled — ‘Notice’ — with attachments, sources said on Saturday. Read more on OnManorama.
Russian disinformation campaign behind leak of Labour’s NHS documents, Reddit says
The Press Association reports: Leaked documents used by Jeremy Corbyn as proof Tories are planning to sell off the NHS have been linked to a Russian disinformation campaign on Reddit, the social media platform has said. Reddit said it had banned 61 accounts following an investigation of suspect activity. Read more on BreakingNews.ie.
Hong Kong schools fall victim to cyberattack, raising fears for private data of pupils
Danny Mok reports: Hackers have broken into a government system used by most of Hong Kong’s schools, raising fears for the personal data of pupils, parents and staff. Eight schools operating a web-based administrative network that stores highly sensitive information were breached, with three of them reporting data leaks, the Education Bureau said on Friday…
Indian Airtel: Bug meant users’ personal data was found not secure
Shadab Nazmi reports: A bug had been found in India’s third largest mobile network which could have exposed the personal data of more than 300 million users. The flaw, discovered in the Application Program Interface (API) of Airtel’s mobile app, could have been used by hackers to access subscribers’ information using just their numbers. That…
BMW and Hyundai hacked by Vietnamese hackers, report claims
Catalin Cimpanu reports: German media is reporting that hackers suspected to have ties to the Vietnamese government have breached the networks of two car manufacturers, namely BMW and Hyundai. The report, coming from Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR) and Taggesschau (TS), claims that hackers breached the network of a BMW branch sometime this spring. Read more on ZDNet.
PA: Hackers breach Leesport tax collector’s database
Dan Kelly reports: Leesport residents are being advised to put a hold on their bank accounts after the Leesport borough tax collector learned her computer system had been hacked. The borough issued a Code Red Alert via email to residents and put a message on the borough’s internet home page advising borough taxpayers that tax…