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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.
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Facebook server outage

10/04/2021
Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram and Messenger services were disrupted by a global outage, affecting users in Europe, America and Asia in particular.As Facebook explains in its official statement,...
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bleepingcomputer.com
zdnet.com
krebsonsecurity.com
xataka.com
elpais.com
elconfidencial.com
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WhatsApp faces millions in GDPR fine

09/02/2021
The Data Protection Commission has ordered WhatsApp Ireland Ltd. to pay a fine of 225 million euros for allegedly failing to comply with the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation in...
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dataprotection.ie
xataka.com
bleepingcomputer.com
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Cyberattack on Transnet causes logistical collapse

07/22/2021
The South African state-owned company, Transnet Ltd SOC, which is involved in logistics and supply chain activities for railways, ports and pipelines, has reported an outage in some of its IT...
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Gigaset faces supply chain attack

04/07/2021
Gigaset, a company dedicated to telecommunications, has confirmed that a number of its older smartphone models were infected with malware via a compromised server belonging to an external update...
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blog.gigaset.com
bleepingcomputer.com
borncity.com
unaaldia.hispasec.com
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Application
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Malware

Microsoft warns that government-backed cybercriminals gained access to email systems

03/02/2021
The Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) has reported multiple 0-day exploits used by a Chinese state-sponsored threat actor to attack local versions of Microsoft Exchange Server in a...
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