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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Vestas, new victim of a ransomware attack

Vestas Wind Systems A/S, a company in the wind turbine industry, has reported being the victim of a ransomware that affected the internal IT infrastructure of several of its business units.The...

References:

vestas.com

bleepingcomputer.com

reuters.com

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Cybercrime

Energy

Incident

Industrial Control System

Cloudflare blocks largest DDoS cyberattack on record

US-based Cloudflare, which operates a content delivery network and provides internet security services and distributed domain name servers, has reported blocking a DDoS attack with peaks of up to 2...

References:

blog.cloudflare.com

techcrunch.com

unaaldia.hispasec.com

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Data breach affecting Movistar and O2 customers

Telefónica has reported an irregular access to its IT systems from suspicious IP addresses, compromising personal data of Movistar and O2 customers, with the exception of financial data, call logs...

References:

eldiario.es

xatakamovil.com

lavanguardia.com

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Cybercrime

Incident

Information leakage

Phishing attack causes data breach at EWA

Electronic Warefare Associates (EWA), a provider of electronic warfare products and services, has reported a phishing cyberattack in which a limited number of email accounts were affected and...

References:

dojmt.gov

bleepingcomputer.com

securityaffairs.co

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Cybercrime

Incident

Other critical infrastructures

National Bank of Pakistan under cyber attack

The National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) has confirmed a cyber security incident in which there was no data breach or financial loss, but it did disrupt ATM operations, the internal network and mobile...

References:

twitter.com

geo.tv

gulfnews.com

therecord.media

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Banking sector

Cybercrime

Denial of service

Cyberattack hit petrol stations in Iran

An alleged cyberattack on the IT network of NIOPDC (National Iranian Oil Products Distribution Company), the Iranian national oil products distribution company, has caused around 3.500 petrol...

References:

therecord.media

bleepingcomputer.com

elconfidencial.com

unaaldia.hispasec.com

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Cybercrime

Denial of service

Energy

Other critical infrastructures

Tesco experiences disruptions to its online operations

UK supermarket chain, Tesco, has reported an alleged cyberattack on its IT systems which caused a disruption to its online retail operations, including its website and app.The incident lasted for a...

References:

twitter.com

theguardian.com

elespanol.com

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REvil cybercriminals were taken offline

The Russian cybercriminal group REvil has been pushing offline after a joint operation between several countries, in which the FBI, which already had a universal decryption key, hijacked and...

References:

techcrunch.com

reuters.com

genbeta.com

elespanol.com

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Cybercrime

Cyberespionage

Encryption

Olympus faces cyberattack again

Olympus, a leader in medical and industrial equipment solutions, has reported a potential security incident affecting the IT systems of its US, Canadian and Latin American divisions.The incident...

References:

olympus-global.com

bleepingcomputer.com

securityaffairs.co

incibe-cert.es

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Cybercrime

Health

Incident

Industrial Control System

A cyber-attack on UAB servers affects its digital activity

A cyber-attack has paralysed the internal services of the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB) and forced all computer systems to be disconnected, leaving all students without email and other...

References:

twitter.com

elpais.com

20minutos.es

abc.es

elperiodico.com

elespanol.com

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Cybercrime

Encryption

Incident

Public administration

Corporate access

Cybersecurity Highlights

Vestas, new victim of a ransomware attack

Cloudflare blocks largest DDoS cyberattack on record

Data breach affecting Movistar and O2 customers

Phishing attack causes data breach at EWA

National Bank of Pakistan under cyber attack

Cyberattack hit petrol stations in Iran

Tesco experiences disruptions to its online operations

REvil cybercriminals were taken offline

Olympus faces cyberattack again

A cyber-attack on UAB servers affects its digital activity

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