Cuba Ransomware Extorted Over $60 Million in Ransom Fees from More than 100 Entities
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The threat actors behind Cuba (aka COLDDRAW) ransomware have received more than $60 million in ransom payments and compromised over 100 entities across the world as of August...
LastPass Suffers Another Security Breach; Exposed Some Customers Information
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
Popular password management service LastPass said it's investigating a second security incident that involved attackers accessing some of its customer information.
"We recently detected unusual activity within a...
Hackers Leak Another Set of Medibank Customer Data on the Dark Web
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
Medibank on Thursday confirmed that the threat actors behind the devastating cyber attack have posted another dump of data stolen from its systems on the dark web...
Australia Passes Bill to Fine Companies up to $50 Million for Data Breaches
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
The Australian government has passed a bill that markedly increases the penalty for companies suffering from serious or repeated data breaches.
To that end, the maximum fines have...
French Electricity Provider Fined for Storing Users’ Passwords with Weak MD5 Algorithm
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
The French data protection watchdog on Tuesday fined electricity provider Électricité de France €600,000 for violating the European Union General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) requirements.
The Commission nationale...
Irish Regulator Fines Facebook $277 Million for Leak of Half a Billion Users’ Data
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
Ireland's Data Protection Commission (DPC) has levied fines of €265 million ($277 million) against Meta Platforms for failing to safeguard the personal data of more than half...
Daixin Ransomware Gang Steals 5 Million AirAsia Passengers’ and Employees’ Data
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
The cybercrime group called Daixin Team has leaked sample data belonging to AirAsia, a Malaysian low-cost airline, on its data leak portal.
The development comes a little over...
Indian Government Publishes Draft of Digital Personal Data Protection Bill 2022
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
The Indian government on Friday released a draft version of the much-awaited data protection regulation, making it the fourth such effort since it was first proposed in...
Chinese ‘Mustang Panda’ Hackers Actively Targeting Governments Worldwide
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
A notorious advanced persistent threat actor known as Mustang Panda has been linked to a spate of spear-phishing attacks targeting government, education, and research sectors across the...
Hive Ransomware Attackers Extorted $100 Million from Over 1,300 Companies Worldwide
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
The threat actors behind the Hive ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) scheme have launched attacks against over 1,300 companies across the world, netting the gang $100 million in illicit payments...
