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When it comes to cybercrime, most people are aware of the dangers of losing sensitive data or being held for ransom by hackers. But with the internet becoming an increasingly important part of our daily lives, businesses have started to become targets, too – mainly through cyber-attacks targeted at ISPs. The case The Internet service provider Kassel has suffered a cyber attack. The details are not yet precise, so it …
The cyberattack on SolarWinds is one of the most significant hacker attacks on a large scale in decades. Many companies and public authorities could be affected. The case At the end of 2020, hackers hacked into the servers of IT security solutions company FireEye, causing a significant stir. It emerged that the hackers had also used the stolen data to hack into other companies’ servers. In the case of SolarWinds, …
Over a third of the financial institutions surveyed by Deloitte had data problems. This is a cause for concern, but the article is not too worried about it – it says that these institutions have been able to get their act together for the most part. The case According to a survey, US public institutions are pretty sloppy with their data. Although we don’t know any European research, the situation …
Netflix is currently in the middle of negotiating a deal with hackers who have obtained all episodes of Orange is the New Black in the fifth season. This article covers what may be Netflix’s worst nightmare when it comes to copyright laws and copying in general. The case A group of hackers has somehow obtained all the episodes of the fifth season of the self-produced series Orange is the New …
Let’s Encrypt is an organization that provides free SSL certificates for websites and other services. Because it is free, it is not only popular with website owners but is also used by fraudsters to trick their way into obtaining security certificates similar to the original. Let’s Encrypt is fighting the phenomenon, but there is still a lot of abuse: in 2016, for example, more than 15,000 of its certificates were …
The social networking site Little Monsters has not been careful with its private information either, with the data of its 1 million users falling into the wrong hands. Hackers obtained user IDs, password hashes, email addresses, and birth dates from the service. These are users who followed Lady Gaga on the site. An immediate password change is recommended, especially if it is not the only one used on Little Monster.
Dailymotion is probably the biggest loser of the month, with 87.6 million data stolen from its servers – user data, passwords, and other personal information all fell into the hands of the hackers. Anyone who had an account on the site would be better off changing their password, and of course, so would anyone else on any other website where they used the same username/password pair.
Contrary to its name, Modern Business Solutions (MBS) did not take a modern approach to protect its users’ data, so it is not surprising that hackers managed to get 58 million records in a direct attack without any problems. In addition to name and address, the data also revealed who owns what car, which is good information for a car theft gang.
In Mexico, 132 GB of data has been stolen (so far). The database contains a wealth of data on 94 million voters.The saddest aspect of the news is that the hackers didn’t have a tough time because the information was unencrypted and freely available.
This is what happens when the ice cream backfires: someone hacked into a hacker group’s favorite forum and posted the information they had obtained. With the data in their possession, some of them may even be easy to get hold of, as half a million user names and hundreds of thousands of personal details have been exposed, along with PayPal account IDs and other valuable information. However, it should be …