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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Ransomware cyberattack impacts critical services in Vanuatu

Vanuatu, an island nation in Oceania, has been the victim of a cyberattack that has affected its communications and official infrastructure, bringing down the websites of the parliament, the police...

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bbc.com

escudodigital.com

blog.elhacker.net

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Other critical infrastructures

Public administration

Patient data theft at Medibank

Medibank, Australia's largest health insurer, has suffered a cybersecurity incident that has led to a data breach of around 9.7 million of the company's customers and clients.The initial...

References:

medibank.com.au

bbc.com

elpais.com

muyseguridad.net

cso.computerworld.es

health.gov.au

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Denmark's rail transport paralysed due to cyberattack

DSB (Discover Denmark by train) has been forced to shut down rail traffic in the country where it operates, Denmark, due to a security breach in a critical application affecting its operations....

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reuters.com

securityweek.com

larazon.es

securityaffairs.co

cybernews.com

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Cybercrime

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Transport

ALMA observatory suffers cyberattack

The Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA) observatory, the world's largest astronomical project located in Chile, suffered a cyberattack that forced it to suspend its activities, according to the...

References:

twitter.com

forbes.cl

bleepingcomputer.com

20minutos.es

infosecurity-magazine.com

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Cybercrime

Incident

Unauthorised access to Dropbox data on GitHub

Dropbox has released a statement acknowledging that it was the victim of a phishing campaign that was exploited to gain access to code stored on GitHub. Specifically, GitHub alerted Dropbox to...

References:

dropbox.tech

bleepingcomputer.com

theregister.com

softzone.es

muycomputerpro.com

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Aurubis suffers cyberattack on its IT systems

Aurubis, Europe's largest copper smelting company, has been the victim of a widespread cyberattack targeting the metals and mining industry. As a result of the incident, several systems at the...

References:

aurubis.com

reuters.com

bloomberg.com

itnews.com.au

securityweek.com

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Chemical industry

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Other critical infrastructures

New York Post suffers Twitter and website incident

The US daily New York Post announced that it had suffered a security incident on its Twitter account and website, publishing offensive articles and content without consent on both sites.Initial...

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twitter.com

nytimes.com

bloomberg.com

techcrunch.com

bleepingcomputer.com

heraldo.es

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Cybercrime

Internet

Social networks

Cryptocurrency scam using the Oviedo Opera's Twitter account

The researcher Henk van Ess has denounced on Twitter the impersonation suffered by the official account of the Oviedo Opera, in which they tried to take advantage of the name of Elon Musk and the...

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twitter.com

lavozdeasturias.es

es.investing.com

ondacero.es

20minutos.es

unaaldia.hispasec.com

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Information leak at MyDeal

MyDeal, a subsidiary of Woolworths Group, has suffered a security incident confirmed by the parent company, in which a compromised user credential was used to gain unauthorised access to the...

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woolworthsgroup.com

reuters.com

theguardian.com/

dailytelegraph.com

auscert.org.au/

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US airport websites hit by DDoS

The cybercriminal group KillNet has claimed responsibility for distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks that took down the websites of several US airports, including those in Los Angeles,...

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govinfosecurity.com

bleepingcomputer.com

scmagazine.com

elespanol.com

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Cybersecurity Highlights

Ransomware cyberattack impacts critical services in Vanuatu

Patient data theft at Medibank

Denmark's rail transport paralysed due to cyberattack

ALMA observatory suffers cyberattack

Unauthorised access to Dropbox data on GitHub

Aurubis suffers cyberattack on its IT systems

New York Post suffers Twitter and website incident

Cryptocurrency scam using the Oviedo Opera's Twitter account

Information leak at MyDeal

US airport websites hit by DDoS

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