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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An important US law firm suffers a ransomware attack

The US law firm Campbell Conroy & O'Neil (Campbell), which has important technology companies as customers, has reported a security incident, based on a ransomware, against its IT network that...

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campbelltriallawyers.com

bleepingcomputer.com

zdnet.com

theregister.com

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CNA informs of a data breach before ransomware

CNA Financial Corporation, one of the main property and casualty insurance American companies with offices in USA, Canada and Europe, has confirmed that cybercriminals had accessed certain systems...

References:

cna.com

bleepingcomputer.com

securityaffairs.com

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Supply-chain cyberattack against Kaseya VSA software

Software company Kaseya, dedicated to offer IT solutions and products to managed service providers (MSP), confirmed that it has been the victim of sophisticated supply-chain cyberattack that...

References:

helpdesk.kaseya.com

us-cert.cisa.gov

bleepingcomputer.com

xataka.com

thehackernews.com

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A critical NATO cloud platform was compromised

A cybercriminal gang has confirmed, after its ransomware cyberattack against Everis company and by means of a ransom note shared with DDoSecrets, to have compromised the cloud platform called...

References:

substack.com

softpedia.com

elhacker.net

unaaldia.hispasec.com

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Other critical infrastructures

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Data of several million Volkswagen and Audi customers leaked

Volkswagen and Audi have been hit by a data breach that has exposed three million personal data records from the United States and Canada..The problem stems from the leaking of user information by...

References:

hipertextual.com

computerworld.es

elperiodista.cl

techcrunch.com

bleepingcomputer.com

hispasec.com

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Cyberattack against Electronic Arts causes data leakage

The video game company, Electronic Arts, has suffered a cyber-attack that has caused the theft of game source code and internal tools..EA's spokesperson has stated that they are investigating a...

References:

vice.com

genbeta.com

xataka.com

bbc.com

cnn.com

hispasec.com

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Data breach at Navistar

The US automotive company Navistar reported having detected a potential cybersecurity threat against its IT systems, resulting in an exfiltration of some data, on 31st of May.After the incident,...

References:

sec.gov

reuters.com

bleepingcomputer.com

securityweek.com

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Data theft via Fujitsu ProjectWEB

Fujitsu, a major Japanese ICT company, has confirmed unauthorised access by a third party to some of its projects via the ProjectWEB cloud tool, a SaaS software platform used to exchange files both...

References:

pr.fujitsu.com

nisc.go.jp

mlit.go.jo

mofa.go.jp

bleepingcomputer.com

therecord.media

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Public administration

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Cybersecurity incident at Bose Corporation

The U.S. audio equipment manufacturer, Bose Corporation, has confirmed that it was the victim of a sophisticated cybersecurity incident due to the spread of malware/ransomware in its IT environment...

References:

doj.nh.gov

bleepingcomputer.com

threatpost.com

unaaldia.hispasec.com

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AXA faces Avaddon ransomware

French insurance company AXA confirmed on 16th of May that the IT systems of its Asian divisions located in Thailand, Malaysia, Hong Kong and the Philippines were the victims of a ransomware...

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twitter.com

expansion.com

bleepingcomputer.com

derechodelared.com

infosecurity-magazine.com

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Cybersecurity Highlights

An important US law firm suffers a ransomware attack

CNA informs of a data breach before ransomware

Supply-chain cyberattack against Kaseya VSA software

A critical NATO cloud platform was compromised

Data of several million Volkswagen and Audi customers leaked

Cyberattack against Electronic Arts causes data leakage

Data breach at Navistar

Data theft via Fujitsu ProjectWEB

Cybersecurity incident at Bose Corporation

AXA faces Avaddon ransomware

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