Cybersecurity Highlights

This section registers the most relevant incidents or public events related to the cybersecurity and information and communication technologies (ICT), in a way that a chronological history of them is available, together with their main links, references and information sources.

New security incident at T-Mobile

The company T-Mobile has confirmed a security incident due to an unauthorised and malicious access to certain information by at least 0,2% of its customers.The incident compromised data related to...

References: 

t-mobile.com

bleepingcomputer.com

threatpost.com

muyseguridad.net

incibe-cert.es

Tags: 

Information leakage

Structural integrity of AWS data centre threatened

Seth Aaron Pendly, a 28 year old American, has been charged for allegedly plotting to destroy an AWS (Amazon Web Services) data centre in Virginia using C-4 explosives and he faces up to 20 years...

References: 

justice.gov

bleepingcomputer.com

sipse.com

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Cloud computing

Incident

Internet

A North American water treatment plant has been compromised

Wyatt A. Travnichek, a Kansas citizen, 22, has been charged for allegedly tampering with the public drinking water system and recklessly damaging a protected computer during unauthorised access.The...

References: 

justice.gov

therecord.media

seguridadyfirewall.cl

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Cybercrime

Health

Incident

Internet

Public administration

Water treatment

Castellón City Hall confirms a cyberattack

Castellón de la Plana City Hall has confirmed that it has been the victim of a cyberattack which has taken part of its IT systems out of service, as well as its electronic headquarters, tax portal...

References: 

twitter.com

twitter.com

elmundo.es

xataka.com

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Cybercrime

Encryption

Incident

Malware

Public administration

Malicious code uploaded to PHP server

One of the developers of the PHP language, Nikita Popov, reported that the PHP source code was maliciously modified, adding a backdoor to enable remote code execution, and that the modification was...

References: 

news-web.php.net

bankinfosecurity.com

derechodelared.com

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Cybercrime

Incident

Internet

Malware

Tool

Honeywell detects security incident

On 23th of March, the multinational company Honeywell, which is engaged in multiple industrial activities, confirmed that it had detected a malware intrusion that disrupted part of its IT systems...

References: 

honeywell.com

isssource.com

securityweek.com

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Cybercrime

Incident

Industrial Control System

IoT

Malware

Cyberattack against Sierra Wireless

Canadian company Sierra Wireless, a leading global provider of IoT solutions, has confirmed that it was the victim of a ransomware cyberattack targeting its internal IT infrastructure and corporate...

References: 

sierrawireless.com

sec.gov

businesswire.com

elespanol.com

infosecurity-magazine.com

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Cybercrime

Encryption

Incident

Industrial Control System

IoT

Malware

Other critical infrastructures

Security incident at Verkada

Security systems manufacturer Verkada has confirmed that it has suffered a cyberattack, targeting one of its Jenkins servers, leading to a data breach.The security incident is suspected to have...

References: 

verkada.com

bloomberg.com

genbeta.com

Tags: 

Cybercrime

Cyberespionage

Health

Incident

Information leakage

Internet

IoT

Other critical infrastructures

Till Kottmann charged with multiple offences

The Swiss cybercriminal Till Kottmann, 21, also known by the pseudonyms Tillie, deletescape or tillie crimew, has been indicted by the US Department of Justice for alleged computer intrusion and...

References: 

justice.gov

infobae.com

theverge.com

bleepingcomputer.com

unaaldia.hispasec.com

Tags: 

Cybercrime

Cyberespionage

Incident

Information leakage

Internet

Other critical infrastructures

Public administration

AEPD fines Vodafone

Vodafone España, S.A.U., has been fined 8.15 million euros by the Spanish Data Protection Agency (AEPD) for allegedly having violated the General Data Protection Regulation (RGPD), the General...

References: 

aepd.es

xataka.com

adslzone.com

infosecurity-magazine.com

technadu.com

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