Cybercrime
Orange Belgium discloses data breach affecting 850,000 customers
Orange Belgium has announced that it discovered a cyberattack on one of its IT systems, resulting in unauthorized access to personal data from 850,000 customer accounts.
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47,000 people affected by data breach at Business Council of New York State
The Business Council of New York State (BCNYS) has announced that it recently became aware of a security incident.
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Ransomware group deploys deceptive ChatGPT desktop app to create backdoor
A ransomware operation called Storm-2460 is using a legitimate open-source ChatGPT desktop application to devise a modular backdoor called PipeMagic on a victim’s device.
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Russian hackers target Polish hydropower plant again
Russian hackers have once again targeted a small hydropower plant in Poland, with the latest breach disrupting its control systems. It’s the second confirmed attack this year, following an earlier breach in May.
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FBI seizes $2.8M from suspect responsible for Zeppelin ransomware attacks
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has seized over $2.8 million in cryptocurrency from a man who is being suspected of conducting ransomware attacks with the malicious software Zeppelin.
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Nova threatens to release Clinical Diagnostics’ stolen data, even though the ransom was paid
Nova, the group of cybercriminals who stole the medical data of hundreds of thousands of participants in health screenings, is threatening to leak and sell that data.
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Australia’s TPG Telecom confirms cyber incident in iiNet system
Australia's TPG Telecom said on Tuesday it is investigating a cyber incident where an unknown third party secured unauthorized access to an iiNet order management system.
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Data breach at Allianz life reportedly impacts over 1.4M customers
A cyberattack at US insurance firm Allianz Life in July compromised the personal data of 1.4 million customers, according to an update published to the Office of the Maine Attorney General's website.
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District court grants preliminary injunction against FTC for investigating Media Matters
Judge Sparkle L. Sooknanan of the District Court of Columbia has granted a preliminary injunction, thereby blocking the Federal Trade Commission’s investigation into Media Matters’ report on advertisements on X.
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Roblox denies allegations of facilitating child abuse on its platform
Online gaming platform Roblox states that it constantly innovates online safety tools to protect and safeguard the tens of millions of people, including children, who play the game on a daily basis.
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UK telecom firm Colt suffers massive ransomware attack
UK telecoms and network services company Colt suffered a cyberattack, causing a multi-day outage.
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Hotels in Italy suffer a potentially massive breach
Tens of thousands of allegedly stolen documents include high-resolution scans of passports and ID cards used by customers during check-in, according to Italian authorities.
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Clinical Diagnostics paid ransom to solve recent data breach, sources claim
Clinical Diagnostics, the laboratory that recently suffered a data breach involving sensitive information of over half a million participants in a health screening, has paid a ransom to the criminals responsible for the incident.
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Norway blames Russian hackers for dam cyberattack in Bremanger
Russian hackers briefly took control of a dam in Norway earlier this year, the head of the Nordic country's counter-intelligence agency said on Wednesday, the first time Oslo has officially attributed the cyberattack to its neighbour.
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Personal information of Minister, Member of Parliament, and prisoners leaked in data breach at Clinical Diagnostics
The personal information of a Minister from the government and a Member of Parliament can be found in the data breach at Clinical Diagnostics. The same goes for over 250 prisoners.
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Two Russian cybercrime groups exploit WinRAR zero-day for weeks
Two Russian cybercrime groups have been exploiting a high-severity zero-day in the widely used WinRAR file compressor, cybersecurity firm ESET has found.
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Marks & Spencer’s online shop now fully operational after cyberattack
Almost four months after Marks & Spencer was hit with a cyberattack, the retailer’s online shop is now fully operational.
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Data breach exposes over 485,000 cervical cancer screening participants after hack at external laboratory
Hackers stole data from more than 485,000 participants in a cervical cancer screening program after gaining access to IT systems at Clinical Diagnostics.
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Interlock claims cyberattack on St. Paul, employees forced to scrub data
In what could be called a completely expected development, ransomware gang Interlock said it has stolen 43 gigabytes of data from the Minnesota city of St. Paul and added it to its leak site.
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BlackSuit ransomware takedown nabs 4 servers, 9 domains, and $1 million in crypto
US authorities on Monday said last month's coordinated takedown of the BlackSuit ransomware gang led to the seizure of over a dozen servers and domains, plus over a million dollars worth of laundered cryptocurrency.
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