cyberattack

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    SMS bombers: spam as an element of a cyberattack

    The number of scams involving users mobile phones is growing. Kommersant notes a 30% increase in malicious calls in May compared to the same period last year. Vimpelcom also reported that the number of cases of phone fraud has increased significantly since the beginning of March. This is...
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    "Buy from competitors": London Drugs pharmacy chain closes stores due to cyberattack

    The best security experts have already been brought in to investigate the incident. Canadian drugstore chain London Drugs has closed all its retail stores after discovering a cybersecurity incident. The incident that affected the company's systems occurred on April 28. The company urgently...
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    Without beer and TV: in Scandinavia there was a dry law after a cyberattack

    Store shelves in Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland are being emptied due to supply problems. In Sweden, there were problems with the supply of alcohol after a key distributor Systembolaget was subjected to a cyber attack. Systembolaget is the only retailer in the country with the right to...
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    A large-scale cyberattack disabled the French civil services

    Experts believe that recovery will take more than one month… In five municipalities (communes) of France, located near the Loire River on the west coast of the country, a large-scale cyber attack on local web servers occurred, as a result of which civil servants lost access to documents and the...
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    LockBit or DragonForce? Cyberattack in Palau has IT professionals confused.

    A series of suspicious coincidences significantly hampered the investigation of the incident. The Ministry of Finance of Palau, a small island nation in the Philippine Sea, was recently confronted with a ransomware attack carried out by the DragonForce group. During the compromise, hackers...
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    A major cyberattack forced Targus to shut down most of its network

    The mobile accessories giant is doing everything possible to minimize the impact of the incident. Targus, a manufacturer of bags and accessories for mobile devices, faced operational problems due to a cyberattack that occurred on the fifth of April. In a statement released yesterday, B. Riley...
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    Hoya attacked: Japanese lens manufacturer falls victim to cyberattack

    Already the third attack in recent years can significantly shake the company's business. Hoya Corporation, one of the world's largest manufacturers of eyeglass lenses, medical endoscopes and other optical equipment, has experienced a major disruption in its IT system, affecting production...
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    Black Monday in Vietnam: VNDirect cyberattack crashes stock market

    The company is gradually restoring its operations, but it will not be easy to regain the trust of investors. The Vietnamese brokerage market is experiencing serious turmoil after VNDirect, one of the country's largest securities players, was subjected to a large-scale cyber attack. The events...
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    Fujitsu reported a large-scale cyberattack and theft of confidential data

    Did the hack affect the company's image? Fujitsu has confirmed that internal computer systems were hacked, malware was installed, and customer data may have been stolen. This was announced in an official statement on the company's website on March 15. As a result of an internal investigation...
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    The British Library is still recovering from last year's cyberattack

    Experts have revealed the reasons why recovery takes so long. At the end of 2023, the British Library faced a serious cyberattack by the Rhysida group, which led to the theft of 600 GB of data and the destruction of many of the institution's servers. Previously, the library stated that the full...
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    Xplain cyberattack: 65,000 secret Swiss government files found on the darknet

    The investigation of the attack will show how the hack will affect the national security of the country. The Swiss National Cybersecurity Center (NCSC) has published a report on the investigation of data leaks after a cyberattack using a ransomware program on Xplain. As a result of the...
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    Lower price and investor confidence: how the cyberattack affected the business of Capita

    A vivid example of how inadequate protection can seriously damage the company's reputation. Major outsourcing giant Capita reported a net loss of 106.6 million pounds ($135.6 million) for 2023, with much of the loss coming from a costly cyberattack in April. In May, the company said that the...
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    Cyberattack leaves financial crimes in Canada unmonitored by intelligence agencies

    How will the incident affect Canada's national security? The Canadian financial intelligence agency announced the shutdown of its corporate systems due to a cyber incident. Details of the incident were not disclosed, but it is known that FINTRAC is actively working to solve the problem...
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    Head of the Cyberattack Investigation Center was deceived for 20 thousand tenge on the Internet

    The head of the Kazakhstan Center for Analysis and Investigation of cyber attacks (TSARKA) in the Majilis told how he himself fell for the trick of scammers on the Internet, the correspondent reports NUR.KZ. Expert Olzhas Satiev announced several initiatives during his speech, one of them is...
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    "Opening soon": VARTA is dragging its feet on recovery from a major cyberattack

    The battery giant has promised that the plants will start operating in 2 weeks. It looks like something went wrong… A major German battery manufacturer, VARTA, has yet to resume production at its factories-two weeks after a major cyberattack. On February 22, the company issued a statement: "At...
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    Market downturn and factory shutdown: Will a cyberattack on VARTA cause an energy shortage?

    German battery manufacturer Varta stops production. German battery manufacturer VARTA AG faced a cyberattack that forced a temporary shutdown of production at five of the company's plants. Due to an attack on part of the company's IT infrastructure, the company had to stop operating its IT...
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    Hundreds of thousands of Southern Water customers lost their privacy during the January cyberattack

    What steps has the company already taken and what is it going to do next? Southern Water, one of the largest suppliers of water supply and sanitation in the UK, admitted in an official statement that the data of 5 to 10 percent of its customers was stolen as a result of the January cyber attack...
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    Passports, contracts, secrets: what else did the largest aircraft engine supplier lose after the cyberattack?

    Black Basta has released secret documents of the company Willis Lease Finance. The company Willis Lease Finance Corporation, engaged in leasing jet engines, was the victim of a cyber attack, during which confidential data was in the hands of the Black Basta group. This became known from a Form...
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    Ambulance won't arrive: 18 Romanian hospitals paralyzed after cyberattack

    The use of the unified information system was a fatal mistake of the administrators. In Romania, at least 18 hospitals faced serious operational problems due to a large-scale ransomware attack that knocked out the local health management system. The Hipocrate Information System (HIS), used by...
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    A cyberattack with no consequences: what does CAMC hide from European travelers?

    The company has not yet clarified the consequences of the data leak. The UK's largest motorhome club in Europe, the Caravan and Motorhome Club (CAMC), which unites more than 1 million people, was the victim of a cyberattack in January, which caused large-scale failures of digital services. The...
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