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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Logistics company GEFCO suffers ransomware incident

The French logistics firm, GEFCO, the main transport operator of the PSA Group, was the victim of a global ransomware-type cyberattack, which has hampered the company's operations around the world....

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gefco.net

farodevigo.es

theloadstar.com

channelnews.com.au

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Leaked Bing search data through an Elasticsearch server

Ata Hakcil, a security researcher at WizCas, discovered an information leak in Microsoft's Bing search service. Through a misconfigured Elasticsearch server, 6.5TB of information from searches made...

References:

zdnet.com

blogs.masterhacks.net

wizcase.com

theregister.com

unaaldia.hispasec.com

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IPG Photonics is a victim of RansomExx ransomware

The US company, IPG Photonics, a market leader in fiber lasers for cutting, welding, medical use and laser weaponry, has suffered a ransomware attack that is disrupting its operations.The specific...

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bleepingcomputer.com

siliconangle.com

securityaffairs.co

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Public administration

Freepik Company suffers credential theft due to SQL injection

Freepik Company, a company oriented to the search and purchase and sale of resources for designers such as photographs, icons or PSD templates, has suffered a security incident that affected its...

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freepik.com

bleepingcomputer.com

businessinsider.es

databreachtoday.com

welivesecurity.com

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The Carnival Corporation shipping company has suffered a ransomware attack

The world's largest cruise operator, Carnival Corporation, has released a statement reporting a ransomware-type cyberattack that accessed part of the IT systems of one of its brands and encrypted...

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carnivalcorp.com

bleepingcomputer.com

dailymail.co.uk

hosteltur.com

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Canada Revenue Agency suffers credential stuffing attacks

The CIO office of the Government of Canada has issued a statement in which it reports cyberattacks of credential stuffing directed against the GCKey service (single sign-on system used to access...

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canada.ca

bleepingcomputer.com

hotforsecurity.bitdefender.com

cnnespanol.cnn.com

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Public administration

Tool

Mapfre suffers from ransomware cyberattack

The Spanish multinational Mapfre, dedicated to the insurance and reinsurance sector, has published an official note in which it acknowledges having been the victim of a ransomware-type cyberattack...

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noticias.mapfre.com

derechodelared.com

cincodias.elpais.com

elespanol.com

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SANS Institute, victim of an information leak due to a phishing attack

SANS Institute reported a leak of information with personal data of its users due to a fraudulent forwarding of emails from the mailbox of one of its employees. According to SANS, the failure was...

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sans.org

bleepingcomputer.com

securityweek.com

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20 GB of internal Intel documents found.

20 GB of confidential and "restricted access" Intel documents have been made public. The company believes that someone with access to the "Resource and Design Center" is responsible for this...

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xataka.com

zdnet.com

cyberscoop.com

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Incident

Information leakage

Fintech 2gether, victim of a subtraction of more than 1 bitcoin million euros

The Spanish fintech, 2gether, dedicated to financial technology, has notified that it has been the victim of a subtraction of approximately 1,183 million euros in the form of cryptocurrencies, such...

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2gether.global

xataka.com

europapress.es

expansion.com

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Cybersecurity Highlights

Logistics company GEFCO suffers ransomware incident

Leaked Bing search data through an Elasticsearch server

IPG Photonics is a victim of RansomExx ransomware

Freepik Company suffers credential theft due to SQL injection

The Carnival Corporation shipping company has suffered a ransomware attack

Canada Revenue Agency suffers credential stuffing attacks

Mapfre suffers from ransomware cyberattack

SANS Institute, victim of an information leak due to a phishing attack

20 GB of internal Intel documents found.

Fintech 2gether, victim of a subtraction of more than 1 bitcoin million euros

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