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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Twitter confirms a vulnerability that has affected the data of its users

The company Twitter, on an official statement published on its website, from the privacy center, has reported an incident that has allowed the theft of data from some of its user accounts. The...

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privacy.twitter.com

abcnews.go.com

economictimes.indiatimes.com

elespanol.com

lavozdegalicia.es

engadget.com

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Data leakage in Twilio, Slack and Cloudflare by smishing their workers

These three companies have been victims of a smishing cyberattack by sending SMS to their workers, where they were asked to update their passwords through the link that appeared in the text message...

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twilio.com

bleepingcomputer.com

blog.cloudflare.com

elhacker.net

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Cyberattack on the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)

In an official communiqué, published on the website of the Ministry of Science and Innovation, the cyberattack suffered by the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), a body dependent on the...

References:

ciencia.gob.es

abc.es

elmundo.es

elpais.com

bleepingcomputer.com

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Public administration

Cyberattack on Radioactivity Alert Network

The National Police have arrested the 2 alleged perpetrators of a cyberattack on the Radioactivity Alert Network (RAR) of the Directorate General for Civil Protection and Emergencies (DGPGE),...

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policia.es

elpais.com

elmundo.es

bleepingcomputer.com

genbeta.com

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Cybercrime

Incident

Industrial Control System

Nuclear power

Public administration

Bandai Namco is the victim of a cyberattack

Bandai Namco, the Japanese multinational video game company, has acknowledged in a statement that it had suffered unauthorised access by third parties to the internal systems of several of the...

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bandainamco.co.jp

vandal.elespanol.com

genbeta.com

unaaldia.hispasec.com

muyseguridad.net

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Cyberattack on the British Army's YouTube and Twitter accounts

The press office of the British Ministry of Defense and the British Navy have managed to resolve the interruption of their YouTube and Twitter accounts after receiving a cyberattack, according to...

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twitter.com

bbc.com

20minutos.es

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Other critical infrastructures

Public administration

Social networks

Lithuania receives DDoS cyberattacks by Killnet group

The Lithuanian National Cyber Security Centre (NKSC) has warned of a series of distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks against the Lithuanian national data transfer network, as well as other...

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lrv.lt

threatpost.com

cybernews.com

sandiegouniontribune.com

rtve.es

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Other critical infrastructures

Public administration

Japanese municipal contractor loses flash drive containing personal data of nearly half a million residents

In the Japanese city of Amagasaki, a municipal employee fell asleep in the middle of the street after drinking several glasses of alcohol in a restaurant, and when he woke up he realised he had...

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japantimes.co.jp

cbsnews.com

cnn.com

globalnews.ca

mediotiempo.com

unaaldia.hispasec.com

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Encryption

Incident

Information leakage

Public administration

Vitoria City Council denounces phishing scam

The City Council of Vitoria has reported to the Local Police the fraud it has detected in the payment of several invoices. According to the investigation, one of the supplier companies would have...

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blogs.vitoria-gasteiz.org

elcorreo.com

genbeta.com

gasteizhoy.com

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Public administration

Yodel delivery company disrupted by cyberattack

Yodel, a leading UK-based delivery services company, has officially reported a disruption to its services due to a cyberattack on its systems.It says it is working to restore operations as soon as...

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yodel.co.uk

twitter.com

itpro.co.uk

zdnet.com

bleepingcomputer.com

computerweekly.com

theregister.com

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Cybersecurity Highlights

Twitter confirms a vulnerability that has affected the data of its users

Data leakage in Twilio, Slack and Cloudflare by smishing their workers

Cyberattack on the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)

Cyberattack on Radioactivity Alert Network

Bandai Namco is the victim of a cyberattack

Cyberattack on the British Army's YouTube and Twitter accounts

Lithuania receives DDoS cyberattacks by Killnet group

Japanese municipal contractor loses flash drive containing personal data of nearly half a million residents

Vitoria City Council denounces phishing scam

Yodel delivery company disrupted by cyberattack

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