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Mobile & Wireless Lyca Mobile Services Significantly Disrupted by Cyberattack Introduction Lyca Mobile, an international mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) based in the UK, has recently experienced a significant disruption to its services due to a cyberattack. The attack, which started last week, affected customers and retailers’ access to top-ups and impacted national and international…
Ransomware Attack on City of Dallas: Impact and Costs Introduction The City of Dallas recently approved an $8.5 million budget to recover from a ransomware attack that occurred in May 2023. The attack, carried out by the cybercrime gang named Royal, had a significant impact on the city’s systems and resulted in data leaks and…
Cybercrime MGM Resorts Computers Back Up After 10 Days as Analysts Eye Effects of Casino Cyberattacks Introduction MGM Resorts, one of the largest casino and hotel operators in the world, recently brought its computer systems back online after a 10-day shutdown caused by a cyberattack. The attack, which was attributed to a group known as…
Clorox Company Faces Product Shortages After Cyberattack The Clorox Company, known for its popular household products such as Burt’s Bees, Glad, Liquid-Plumr, Pine-Sol, and Tilex, is currently grappling with product shortages following a cyberattack on its systems. The company initially disclosed the incident in a mid-August filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), stating…
Data Breaches Bookstore Chain Dymocks Discloses Data Breach Possibly Impacting 800k Customers Last week, Australian bookstore chain Dymocks Booksellers announced that it had suffered a data breach that may have compromised the personal information of over 800,000 individuals. The breach was discovered on September 6, when the company identified unauthorized access to customer records. The…
Data Breach at Sourcegraph Exposes Customer Information By Sourcegraph, a code search and navigation platform, has recently disclosed a data breach that occurred as a result of an engineer accidentally leaking an admin access token. The breach, which was identified on August 30, prompted an immediate investigation after the platform experienced a significant surge in…
Colorado Department of Higher Education Discloses Ransomware Attack, Data Breach The Colorado Department of Higher Education (CDHE) recently revealed that it had fallen victim to a ransomware attack, resulting in a data breach that has impacted numerous students and teachers. In a data incident notice published on its website, the CDHE stated that it became…
Cybercrime: NYC Couple Pleads Guilty to Money Laundering in Bitfinex Hack The Case In a significant development, a New York City couple arrested in February 2022 for allegedly laundering approximately $3.6 billion in stolen cryptocurrency has pleaded guilty to money laundering, with one of them admitting to hacking the Bitfinex cryptocurrency exchange in 2016. The…
Main Conspirator in Infamous 2020 Twitter Account Takeovers Sentenced to Five Years in Jail Introduction In a significant victory for law enforcement, Joseph James O’Connor, a UK citizen from Liverpool, has been sentenced to five years in federal prison for his leading role in the infamous 2020 hack of Twitter, along with numerous other computer…
3CX Supply Chain Attack Reveals a Deeply Buried Threat in Your Environment In March 2022, 3CX disclosed a supply chain attack, which was later found to have an unusual origin – another company’s supply chain attack. The root of the “Inception” attack was further removed than anticipated, and this scenario has rattled information security professionals….