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‘123456’ password linked to Denmark data breach affecting 8.8M people
The Register reports on a significant data breach affecting millions of Danes. And yes, the password that reportedly enabled access to the data was “123456.” A person claiming responsibility for the breach of Denmark’s Central Register of Persons (CPR) says they gained access through an IT company’s account protected by the password “123456.” The person […]
French Investigators Probe Supermarket Cyberattack That Could Cost ‘Millions Of Euros’
Forbes reports on the massive cyberattack in France where unknown threat actors literally turned up the heat on supermarket refrigeration and freezer units, causing all the food to defrost. In some cases, fires even erupted. The attack, which took place Sunday, impacted hundreds of stores spanning several major supermarket groups, including Carrefour, Monoprix, Intermarche and […]
FBI Arrests Ransomware Negotiation Firm Co-Founder in ShinyHunters Probe; Third Arrest in Weeks
HackRead reports on a third arrest within one month linked to the ShinyHunters investigation. Two of the arrests, including this one, have allegedly been connected to the FBI Jobs hack by ShinyHunters. FBI arrests Cypfer co-founder Edward Dubrovsky, now associated with CyberSteward, in the ShinyHunters investigation into the FBI jobs portal breach. A co-founder of […]
Ransomware attack disrupts IDCF Cloud; Japanese corps and local govts affected
Bleeping Computer reports: IDC Frontier, a major Japanese cloud and digital infrastructure company, disclosed that its IDCF Cloud service was targeted in a ransomware attack that caused an outage at a data center cluster serving the eastern part of the country. The company says that the attack started on October 7 at 3:40 AM local […]
Accenture contractor removed from FBI following damaging data breach, sources say
This is the kind of press a contractor dreads. Reuters reports that the FBI has removed an Accenture contractor on Monday because its failure to patch a vulnerability in Oracle’s PeopleSoft in a timely manner reportedly allowed the troubling FBI data breach by ShinyHunters. In a statement to Reuters, a senior FBI official confirmed that an unidentified contractor […]
ASOS hacked? Customers receive frightening app notification claiming retailer hacked
Eastern Eye reports that ASOS customers received a bizarre app notification claiming the fashion retailer had been hacked, with attackers allegedly threatening to leak data unless the company engaged with them. “Dear Asos DPO and IT, we have fully compromised the Snowflake instance,” the message said. “Engage with us, or we will leak it.” It […]
US, Australia warn of latest Citrix vulnerability after NetScaler advisory
Another new vulnerability is giving cybercriminals the ability to crash Citrix NetScaler appliances, as The Record reports: Customers began reporting strange exploitation incidents on Friday, even on appliances that were up to date on all patches. Citrix confirmed late on Friday that it was “tracking a newly observed issue” related to some customer-managed NetScaler deployments […]
Alleged ShinyHunters Member Detained in Jordan
Cyber Security News reports that a Jordanian youth known as “Rey” and “Hikki-Chan” online has been detained in Jordan as a suspected member of ShinyHunters. Reuters broke the story, reporting that sources told them Saif al-Din Khader was cooperating with the FBI to help them identify other hackers linked to the group. Two sources said […]