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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5000 Mossos d'Esquadra published

A SQL Injection in the virtual campus software of the Mossos d'Esquadra labor union has been used to exfiltrated personal data of more than 5000 agents of the Mossos d'Esquadra and its disclosure...

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europapress.es

lavanguardia.com

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Incident

Information leakage

Social networks

55 million voters' details leaked in Philippines

Anonymous Philippines attack Philippines’ Commission on Elections and stole personal data from 54.3 millones Philippine voters. Among the data stolen in the data dump, very sensitive information...

References:

eleconomista.es

theregister.co.uk

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Incident

Information leakage

Published on the internet the personal data of 50 millions of Turks

It has been published on the Internet a database with personal data of 50 million Turkish citizens, including Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The data released could be used for identity or...

References:

actualidad.rt.com

bolsamania.com

telegraph.co.uk

softpedia.com

rt.com

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Cybercrime

Information leakage

Incident

One man arrested in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria for accessing illegally to personal data of more than 16000 users in ULPGC

La Policía Nacional in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria arrested one man , age 26, accused of illegal access to Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC) database , extracting personal data of...

References:

policia.es

20minutos.es

cadenaser.com

lne.es

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Incident

Information leakage

Mattel lost almost 3$ million due to a classic phishing

On April 30, 2015 the company Mattel suffered an attempted fraud of nearly $ 3 million, through what is known as BEC SCAM. The scammers sent an email to the financial department supplanting the new...

References:

csoonline.com

ibtimes.co.uk

infosecurity-magazine.com

cbsnews.com

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Incident

USA connects 7 hackers with several cyberattacks

US Department of Justice unsealed indictments against seven hackers in connection with DoS cyberattacks on 46 financial institutions and a dam. The seven hackers, facing 10 years imprisonment, are...

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efe.com

terra.com

usnews.com

huffingtonpost.com

diariovasco.com

yahoo.com

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Chinese citizen pleads guilty to hacking US military companies

A Chinese national pleaded guilty to conspiring to hack the computers of several defense companies, including Boeing Co. , in order to steal military trade. The penetrations took place between...

References:

eleconomista.es

washingtonpost.com

securityweek.com

elnuevodia.com

mynewsla.com

phys.org

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Cyberespionage

Information leakage

Incident

Stolen information at River Cree Resort Casino

The River Cree Resort suffered a computer attack on March 14 in which a group of hackers managed to gain access to the computer system and managed to steal personal information from customers and...

References:

cbc.ca

metronews.ca

canadiansecuritymag.com

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Incident

Information leakage

German hospitals affected by ransomware

Several German hospitals have been infected with ransomware, which has caused disturbances in the normal operations. In the case of Lukas Hospital on February 10, the operation of the hospital was...

References:

theregister.co.uk

ticbeat.com

scmagazine.com

dw.com

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Encryption

Health

Incident

BlockBuster Operation: dismantling Lazarus Group Tools

An investigation carried out between several cybersecurity companies like Novetta, Kaspersky Lab and AlienVault, denominated Blockbuster Operation, reveals that different security attacks are...

References:

certsi.es

globbsecurity.com

securelist.com

operationblockbuster.com

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Malware

Other critical infrastructures

Corporate access

Cybersecurity Highlights

5000 Mossos d'Esquadra published

55 million voters' details leaked in Philippines

Published on the internet the personal data of 50 millions of Turks

One man arrested in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria for accessing illegally to personal data of more than 16000 users in ULPGC

Mattel lost almost 3$ million due to a classic phishing

USA connects 7 hackers with several cyberattacks

Chinese citizen pleads guilty to hacking US military companies

Stolen information at River Cree Resort Casino

German hospitals affected by ransomware

BlockBuster Operation: dismantling Lazarus Group Tools

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