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World leaders must wise up to threat of cyber-attacks or rogue fridges will be least of their worries
The Guardian reports: Rogue French fridges were an unlikely talking point for the world’s leading economists, central bankers and finance chiefs meeting in a sultry Bangkok last week – helping to underline the spiralling cost of cyber-attacks. Kristalina Georgieva, the managing director of the International Monetary Fund, seized on news that supermarket chains across France […]
French supermarkets’ cyber insurance unlikely to cover food losses, insurers say
Reuters reports that French supermarkets are facing millions of euros in losses after a cyberattack forced them to throw away food. Hackers — whose identity remains unknown — took control of cooling units at around 350 French supermarkets on Sunday night, raising the temperature of internet-connected fridges and freezers to 50 degrees Celsius (122 degrees Fahrenheit). […]
More than 1 million customers impacted by CenterPoint Energy data breach, AG report filing shows
ABC reports that last month’s CenterPoint Energy breach affected more than 1 million Texas customers. Their statement about the breach: “CenterPoint Energy continues to investigate the cybersecurity incident disclosed last month actively. Upon learning of the issue, CenterPoint activated our incident response procedures and engaged external cybersecurity, forensic, and legal advisors to assist with the […]
Grocery Stores Affected by Cyberattack: Stop & Shop, Hannaford, Food Lion
Supermarket shoppers will not be shopping online just now or using their apps.. Two popular grocery chains serving the Hudson Valley are dealing with online disruptions after their parent company experienced a cybersecurity breach. Stop & Shop and Hannaford have both been affected by the incident, leaving their websites and mobile apps unavailable as the […]
‘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 […]