TH: National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission warns Advanced...
The Bangkok Post reports: The telecom regulator has handed an official warning letter to a subsidiary of Advanced Info Service (AIS), urging it to strictly ensure cybersecurity and data protection...
View ArticleFortune 500 company NTT discloses security breach
Catalin Cimpanu reports: Nippon Telegraph & Telephone (NTT), the 64th biggest company in the world, according to the Fortune 500 list, has disclosed today a security breach. NTT says hackers gained...
View ArticleFTC Approves Settlement with Canadian Lockmaker Over Deceptive Security Claims
Hunton Andrews Kurth writes: We previously posted about the Tapplock, Inc. (“Tapplock”) settlement with the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) over allegations that the company violated Section 5 of the...
View ArticleAU: Big Footy data breach exposed private details of up to 100,000 users
Fiona Wilan reports: A large data leak from an AFL fan website has exposed about 70 million records online, including private conversations between users, according to cyber security researchers....
View ArticleJoomla team discloses data breach
Catalin Cimpanu reports: The team behind the Joomla open source content management system (CMS) announced a security breach last week. The incident took place after a member of the Joomla Resources...
View ArticleIndia’s popular BHIM payments platform reportedly leaks 7M users’ data...
Ivan Mehta reports: A data leak from India’s BHIM payment app exposed personal data of 7 million Indians including addresses, scans of Aadhar IDs, and caste certificates. A report from cybersecurity...
View ArticleCa: Privacy breach at Manitoba Agricultural Services Corporation
The Brandon Sun reports: The Manitoba Agricultural Services Corporation is notifying clients of a privacy breach of personal data that occurred on May 26. An attachment containing the name and contact...
View ArticleHacker leaks database of Daniel’s Hosting, dark web provider
Catalin Cimpanu reports: A hacker has leaked online today the database of Daniel’s Hosting (DH), the largest free web hosting provider for dark web services. The leaked data was obtained after the...
View ArticleAmtrak resets user passwords after Guest Rewards data breach
Sergiu Gatlan reports: The National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) disclosed a data breach that led to the exposure of personal information of some Guest Rewards members. … “On the evening of...
View ArticleSekhmet ransomware team claims to have hit international IT firm “very hard”
Sekhmet ransomware operators claim to have hit an international IT firm, Excis, “very hard.” The attack reportedly occurred on May 30, and the threat actors are pressing hard to get the firm to pay an...
View ArticleAgromart’s data up for auction while threat actors read — and publish — their...
According to their website, The Agromart Group in Canada provides crop nutrients, seed, crop protection products, custom application and associated services to agricultural producers across Eastern...
View ArticleJudge Pushes Back Accused LinkedIn Hacker’s Trial One Last Time Over COVID-19...
Ross Todd reports that a federal judge in San Francisco has once again delayed the resumption of the criminal trial of Yevgeniy Aleksandrovich Nikulin, the Russian man accused of hacking LinkedIn,...
View ArticleIT Services Giant Conduent Suffers Ransomware Attack, Data Breach
Ed Targett reports: Conduent, a $4.4 billion by revenue (2019) IT services giant, has admitted that a ransomware attack hit its European operations — but says it managed to restore most systems within...
View ArticleFitness Depot hit by data breach after ISP fails to ‘activate the antivirus’
Sergiu Gatlan reports that Canadian retailer Fitness Depot has disclosed a breach of their e-commerce platform that affected consumers’ personal and financial information. Gatlan reports: Based on the...
View ArticleZEE5 allegedly hacked by ‘Korean hackers’, customer info at risk
Ax Sharma reports: A hacker identifying themselves as “John Wick” and “Korean Hackers” claim to have breached the systems for Indian video on demand giant ZEE5 and are threatening to sell the database...
View ArticleBug in Whatsapp, phone number of crores of users leaks
Harshita Jain reports: If you use WhatsApp for messaging, then this news is for you. The bug has been found on WhatsApp’s platform, due to which phone numbers of crores of users have been published on...
View ArticlePhishing Attack Hits German Coronavirus Task Force
Lindsey O’Donnell reports: Researchers are warning of an ongoing phishing attack that’s targeting the credentials of more than 100 high-profile executives at a German multinational corporation that’s...
View ArticleHonda probes suspected cyberattack after factories hit by network glitch
Kyodo News reports: Honda Motor Co. on Tuesday continued to restrict its employees from using work computers following an internal network glitch that could be due to a cyberattack, a company official...
View ArticleKR: Viva Republica in hot water over alleged security breach
Kim Young-won reports: Viva Republica, which runs money transfer platform Toss, has been a target of alleged hacking attempts, raising alarm over its security system. According to the fintech firm, a...
View ArticleNintendo now says 300,000 accounts breached by hackers
Zack Whittaker reports: Nintendo has almost doubled the number of user accounts compromised by hackers in the past few months. The Japanese gaming giant originally said that 160,000 Nintendo accounts...
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