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Jagmeet Singh reports: Rapido, a popular ride-hailing platform in India, has fixed a security issue that exposed personal information associated with its users and drivers, TechCrunch has exclusively learned. The flaw, discovered by security researcher… Continue reading No need to hack when it’s leaking: Rapido edition
Svyatenko Tamara On December 19, the most extensive external cyberattack on the state registers of Ukraine in recent times occurred. This was reported by Olha Stefanishyna, Vice Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration, Minister of Jus… Continue reading The state registers of Ukraine have suffered a large-scale cyberattack: details from the Ministry of Justice
BBC reports: Namibia’s state-owned telecoms company has fallen victim to what is known as a ransomware attack resulting in the leak of sensitive customer data, including reportedly information about top government officials. Telecom Namibia said the da… Continue reading Sensitive data leaked after Namibia ransomware hack
Sarah McKenna Barry reports: The Dutch Central Bank has issued an unprecedented warning to the public to keep cash at home due to the risk of cyberattacks from Russia. Officials are concerned that cyberattacks have the potential to cause massive disrup… Continue reading Dutch people advised to carry cash in case of cyberattack by Russia
Jeremiah Fowler discovered a non-password-protected database that contained more than 4.8 million records belonging to Care1 — a Canadian company offering AI software solutions to support optometrists in delivering enhanced patient care: The publicly e… Continue reading No need to hack when it’s leaking, Canadian edition: Care1
Kyodo News reports that Japanese publishing firm Kadokawa Corporation paid Black Suit $2.98 million in cryptocurrency after a ransomware attack in June. But looking at BlackSuit’s leak site, it appears BlackSuit leaked their data anyway. A screen… Continue reading Japanese publisher paid BlackSuit $3 million, but BlackSuit leaked their data anyway – reports
A motor insurance worker who unlawfully accessed personal information has been handed a suspended prison sentence after an investigation by the Information Commissioner’s Office. Rizwan Manjra, 44, from Bolton, led a team dealing with accident claims f… Continue reading UK: Manchester employee handed suspended prison sentence for illegally accessing personal information
December 9 enforcement action by the Privacy Commission of Hong Kong: Data Breach Incident of the Electrical and Mechanical Services Department (EMSD) The investigation arose from a data breach notification submitted by the EMSD to the PCPD on 1 May 20… Continue reading Hong Kong Privacy Commissioner’s Office Publishes Investigation Findings on the Electrical and Mechanical Services Department Data Breach
State Special Communications / Yelyzaveta Kovtun reports: Hacker group UAC-0185 attempted to attack Ukrainian defense enterprises, as well as the Security and Defense Forces. Hackers used phishing emails for this. As reported in the State Intelligence … Continue reading Cyberwar: Hackers tried to attack UA defense enterprises; UA hits Gazprombank with DDoS
Your insider threat reminder comes from Mumbai this morning. Vinay Dalvi reports that Mumbai police filed an FIR against two ex-employees of Baccarose Perfume and Beauty Products Private Limited in Worli for allegedly stealing the firm’s confiden… Continue reading In: Former employees booked for stealing company data and sharing with competitor