Category: Industry News
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Two teens were among those behind the Lapsus$ cyber-crime spree, jury finds
- by Anthony Orjally
- Industry News
Two teenage members of the chaotic Lapsus$ cyber-crime gang helped compromise computer systems of Uber and Nvidia, and also blackmailed Grand Theft Auto maker Rockstar Games among other high-profile victims, a jury has decided. Read via The Register.
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Criminals go full Viking on CloudNordic, wipe all servers and customer data
- by Anthony Orjally
- Industry News
CloudNordic has told customers to consider all of their data lost following a ransomware infection that encrypted the large Danish cloud provider’s servers and “paralyzed CloudNordic completely,” according to the IT outfit’s online confession. Read via TheRegister.
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Interpol arrests 14 in cyber crime crackdown across Africa
- by Anthony Orjally
- Industry News
Interpol has confirmed 14 arrests and the identification of more than 20,000 suspicious cyber networks in an operation dubbed Africa Cyber Surge II. Read via ITPro.
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Microsoft: Critical CODESYS Flaws Could Shut Down Power Plants
- by Anthony Orjally
- Industry News
Microsoft researchers have identified multiple high-severity vulnerabilities that could enable threat actors to shut down power plants. Read via InfoSecurity Magazine.
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Russian and Chinese cyber attack on Foreign Office was kept secret from public
- by Anthony Orjally
- Industry News
Hackers from Russia and China infiltrated the Foreign Office’s emails and internal messages without the public’s knowledge, it has been revealed. Read via Metro.
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Russia Tipped As Prime Suspect Over Huge Cyber Attack On UK Electoral Commission
- by Anthony Orjally
- Industry News
Russia is believed to be behind a cyber attack on the UK’s Electoral Commission which saw the data of 40 million voters exposed for two years. Read via Forbes.
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PSNI data breach: Officers and staff ‘frightened’ after details leaked
- by Anthony Orjally
- Industry News
Police officers in Northern Ireland are frightened and their families and friends could be “jeopardised” after details were published in error, a former NI justice minister has said. Read via BBC News.
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Ministry of Defence accidentally emails Russian ally
- by Anthony Orjally
- Industry News
The Ministry of Defence has launched an investigation after emails containing classified information were sent to a close ally of Russia in a typing error. Read via BBC Politics.
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Supply Chain Attack Hits NHS Ambulance Trusts
- by Anthony Orjally
- Industry News
A cyber-attack on an NHS supplier has left two ambulance trusts serving millions of people without access to electronic patient records, it has emerged. Read via InfoSecurity Magazine.
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Typo sends millions of US military emails to Russian ally Mali
- by Anthony Orjally
- Industry News
Millions of US military emails have been mistakenly sent to Mali, a Russian ally, because of a minor typing error via BBC News.
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