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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Websites of several governments affected by a hidden code that undermined cryptocurrencies

Thousands of government websites in the United Kingdom, Ireland and the United States have been used to illegally mine Monero cryptocurrencies, using the resources of their visitors without their...

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theregister.co.uk

texthelp.com

reuters.com

genbeta.com

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Cryptocurrency

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Malware

Information leak in Swisscom affects 800,000 customers

Swisscom, a Swiss telecommunications company, suffered an information leak at the end of last year that affected 800,000 customers. The information leak occurred due to the theft of the access...

References:

swisscom.ch

ibtimes.co.uk

tripwire.com

zdnet.com

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Information leakage

Incident

YouTube ads used to mine cryptocurrencies

Youtube ads have been used by malicious users to mine Monero cryptocurrencies without the consent of portal visitors, while reproducing the contents of the platform, in countries such as Italy,...

References:

arstechnica.com

theregister.co.uk

xataka.com

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Incident

Malware

Ransomware infects Hancock Health hospital

On January 11, Hancock Health hospital in Indiana, United States, was infected with the SamSam ransomware, despite having backup the CEO decided to pay the ransom that amounted to 55,000 dollars,...

References:

hancockregionalhospital.org

bleepingcomputer.com

trendmicro.com

blog.talosintelligence.com

hacking.land

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Leaked info of 40.000 OnePlus users

OnePlus have suffer a leaked info of 40.000 user’s credits cards.Attacker’s identity are unknowns at the moment, OnePlus are working each together with local authorities are investigating to...

References:

forums.oneplus.net

xatakandroid.com

bbc.com

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Movistar mistakenly uses visitors' computers to mining cryptocurrencies

Several users have reported that Movistar's website has been used to mining Monero cryptocurrencies using visitors' computers without them being aware of it. The technique used has been through the...

References:

hipertextual.com

http://omicrono.elespanol.com

elconfidencial.com

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1.1 million affected by a data leak in Nissan Canada

The Nissan auto company Nissan has reported a possible leakage of information at its Canadian subsidiary of vehicle financing of both Nissan and Infiniti, its luxury brand.In total, around 1.1...

References:

thehackernews.com

thestar.com

infosecurity-magazine.com

threatpost.com

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Cybercrime

Information leakage

Incident

Uber hid the information leakage of 57 million users

In October of last year, while different negotiations between US regulators and Uber took place over several privacy violations, the company suffered an information leak in which the information of...

References:

bloomberg.com

nytimes.com

elconfidencial.com

bolsamania.com

bbc.com

ico.org.uk

autoriteitpersoonsgegevens.nl

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Cybercrime

Information leakage

Incident

Tether suffers a theft of $ 31 million in cryptocurrencies

Tether, a company dedicated to making transactions with cryptocurrencies, has been the victim of a theft in its purse of around 31 million dollars in coins with "blockchain" technology. According...

References:

genbeta.com

medium.freecodecamp.org

theverge.com

bloomberg.com

mashable.com

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Cryptocurrency

Cybercrime

Incident

Microsoft hides an attack on one of its databases

According to the Reuters news agency, five Microsoft employees reported that the database on which Microsoft stored information about their product vulnerabilities was targeted by a sophisticated...

References:

reuters.com

adslzone.net

bleepingcomputer.com

arstechnica.com

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Information leakage

Incident

Vulnerability

Corporate access

Cybersecurity Highlights

Websites of several governments affected by a hidden code that undermined cryptocurrencies

Information leak in Swisscom affects 800,000 customers

YouTube ads used to mine cryptocurrencies

Ransomware infects Hancock Health hospital

Leaked info of 40.000 OnePlus users

Movistar mistakenly uses visitors' computers to mining cryptocurrencies

1.1 million affected by a data leak in Nissan Canada

Uber hid the information leakage of 57 million users

Tether suffers a theft of $ 31 million in cryptocurrencies

Microsoft hides an attack on one of its databases

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