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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CMA CGM customer data leakage

French shipping company CMA CGM has reported a data leakage due to a bug in its corporate mobile apps, affecting a limited number of customer personal data.The incident, which followed the...

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cma-cgm.com

mundomaritimo.cl

zdnet.com

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Total disruption of GSS services due to a ransomware

The Spanish and Latin American division of the Covisian Group, GSS, one of the main contact center service providers in Europe, has been victim of a ransomware cyberattack, causing a downfall of...

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canaldeisabelsegunda.es

therecord.media

vozpopuli.com

securityaffairs.co

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Other critical infrastructures

Water treatment

Cyberattack hit technology giant TTEC

TTEC, dedicated to customer digital experience (CX) services, has confirmed a cyberattack on its IT systems, disrupting some of its activities.Five days after its detection on 12th of September,...

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ttec.com

krebsonsecurity.com

zdnet.com

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Up to 35 years in prison for running a DDoS service

Matthew Gatrel, 32, has been convicted by a federal jury of conspiracy to commit and unauthorised alteration of a protected computer and conspiracy to commit wire fraud. He faces up to 35 years in...

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justice.gov

krebsonsecurity.com

bleepingcomputer.com

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Cybercrime

Denial of service

Internet

Other critical infrastructures

Public administration

A cyberattack against Olympus EMEA IT networks

Olympus company, a leader in for medical and industrial equipment solutions, has reported a cyberattack against its sales and manufacturing IT networks, located in Europe, Middle East and Africa ...

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olympus.es

bleepingcomputer.com

techcrunch.com

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Industrial Control System

Malware

Mēris, a new botnet, breaks DDoS attack record

According to Qrator Labs researchers, a new botnet known as Mēris has appeared, which has a recorded power of 21.8 million of request per second (RPS) so far and is composed of at least 200.000...

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blog.qrator.net

bleepingcomputer.com

xataka.com

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Cybercriminals gained access to UN IT network

Spokesman for United Nations Secretary-General, Stéphane Dujarric, has confirmed a data breach in which cybercriminals gained access to the IT network using stolen credentials related to the Umoja...

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un.org

bloomberg.com

europapress.es

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Thousands of Fortinet device login credentials were linked

Cybersecurity solutions provider Fortinet has confirmed that a cybercriminal has made public the SSL-VPN login credentials associated with at least 87.000 FortiGate SSL-VPN devices via the RAMP...

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fortinet.com

bleepingcomputer.com

thehackernews.com

unaaldia.hispasec.com

gist.github.com

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Cybercriminals turn a Jenkins server into a cryptominer

The Jenkins infrastructure team has reported that its deprecated Confluence service was the target of a cyberattack in early September, exploiting vulnerability CVE-2021-26084 to install a Monero...

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jenkins.io

threatpost.com

zdnet.com

incibe-cert.es

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Zurich Seguros has warned of data theft

The insurer Zurich has reported a security incident, occurred on 12 and 13 August, in which cybercriminals stole personal information from a database corresponding to a limited number of its...

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zurich.es

elconfidencial.com

elperiodico.com

future.inese.es

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Cybercrime

Incident

Corporate access

Cybersecurity Highlights

CMA CGM customer data leakage

Total disruption of GSS services due to a ransomware

Cyberattack hit technology giant TTEC

Up to 35 years in prison for running a DDoS service

A cyberattack against Olympus EMEA IT networks

Mēris, a new botnet, breaks DDoS attack record

Cybercriminals gained access to UN IT network

Thousands of Fortinet device login credentials were linked

Cybercriminals turn a Jenkins server into a cryptominer

Zurich Seguros has warned of data theft

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