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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The Austrian state of Carinthia hit by BlackCat ransomware

The ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware group has attacked the Austrian state of Carinthia, demanding the payment of five million dollars in Bitcoin to unlock all the files it has managed to encrypt.The...

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lavanguardia.com

euractiv.com

bleepingcomputer.com

bankinfosecurity.com

unaaldia.hispasec.com

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Public administration

Leakage of information at the Andalusia Centre Hospital

The Andalusia Centre Hospital in Lucena, owned by the company Amaveca Salud, has been the victim of a computer security incident.According to Amaveca Salud, there has been an information leak, with...

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amavecasalud.es

diariocordoba.com

sevilla.abc.es

globbsecurity.com

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Pfizer detected a possible insider among its employees

The pharmaceutical company, Pfizer, has reported one of its employees for allegedly stealing confidential documents, some of them related to the COVID-19 vaccine.Chun Xiao Li, the alleged defendant...

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reuters.com

infosecurity-magazine.com

unaaldia.hispasec.com

news.bloomberglaw.com

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Data breach on Catalan self-appointment website for COVID vaccination

The Department of Health of the Generalidad de Cataluña has reported that the web system dedicated to the self-appointment procedure for COVID-19 vaccination has suffered a data breach, which has...

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salutweb.gencat.cat

vozpopuli.com

antena3.com

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Conti ransomware attacked on Irish Health Service

The Irish Health Service (HSE Ireland) has confirmed that on 14th of May it was the victim of a Conti ransomware cyberattack on its IT systems, forcing part of them offline and resulting in the...

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twitter.com

hse.ie

abc.es

bbc.com

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Public administration

One step closer to the end of NetWalker

The US Department of Justice, in cooperation with authorities in Bulgaria, has announced a coordinated international law enforcement action aimed at stopping the NetWalker ransomware, bringing...

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justice.gov

blog.chainalysis.com

zdnet.com

bleepingcomputer.com

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Other critical infrastructures

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Computers containing malware were given to UK schools

The UK Department for Education has reported that some of the more than 800.000 laptops, given to UK schools because of the pandemic situation, contained malware.The infection was discovered by...

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bbc.com

bleepingcomputer.com

technadu.com

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Other critical infrastructures

Public administration

Tool

Cyberattack on the European Medicines Agency

The European Medicines Agency (EMA), which is responsible for the evaluation, monitoring and supervision of new medicines introduced into the EU for human and veterinary use, has been reported as...

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ema.europa.eu

cdn.pfizer.com

bleepingcomputer.com

derechodelared.com

investors.modernatx.com

ema.europa.eu

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Interruption of Miltenyi Biotec's order service

The German company Miltenyi Biotec, which provides clinical products and services, such as SARS-Cov-2 antigens for researchers, has reported that part of its global IT infrastructure was affected...

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miltenyibiotec.com

bleepingcomputer.com

threatpost.com

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A cyberincident paralyzes the activity of Dr. Reddy’s laboratories

Indian pharmaceutical company Dr. Reddy’s has been forced to close several of its production plants in different countries and isolate its affected data centers due to a ransomware-type incident...

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archives.nseindia.com

drreddys.com

thehindu.com

threatpost.com

consalud.es

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Cybersecurity Highlights

The Austrian state of Carinthia hit by BlackCat ransomware

Leakage of information at the Andalusia Centre Hospital

Pfizer detected a possible insider among its employees

Data breach on Catalan self-appointment website for COVID vaccination

Conti ransomware attacked on Irish Health Service

One step closer to the end of NetWalker

Computers containing malware were given to UK schools

Cyberattack on the European Medicines Agency

Interruption of Miltenyi Biotec's order service

A cyberincident paralyzes the activity of Dr. Reddy’s laboratories

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