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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The Guardia Civil arrests 22 people for phishing scams

The Guardia Civil of Valencia has arrested 22 people, spread across different cities in Spain for carrying out phishing scams, which were dedicated to sending emails with links that redirected to...

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larazon.es

epe.es

levante-emv.com

saforguia.com

genbeta.com

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Banking sector

Cybercrime

Information leakage

General Motors suffers credential stuffing attack

US automaker General Motors was the victim of a credential stuffing attack that exposed some customers' information and allowed attackers to redeem reward points for gift cards.The specific target...

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oag.ca.gov

bleepingcomputer.com

infosecurity-magazine.com

blog.malwarebytes.com

thecybersecurity.news

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French hospital group GHT suffers cyberattack

GHT Coeur Grand Est, a French hospital group, has been the victim of a cyberattack that served to infiltrate the system, causing the theft of confidential and patient data.The attack consisted of...

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ght-coeurgrandest.fr

.bleepingcomputer.com

infosecurity-magazine.com

escudodigital.com

diarioinforme.com

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API Threat Research: SSRF on FinTech Platforms

Salt Security researchers discovered a server-side request forgery (SSFR) vulnerability in an API embedded in many FinTech platform banking systems, which could potentially have compromised...

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salt.security

threatpost.com

thecybersecurity.nwes

oodaloop.com

infosectoday.com

websecurity.agency

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BKA and German ZIT shut down Hydra, the most popular Russian black market on the Dark Web

The German Federal Criminal Police Office or Bundeskriminalamt (BKA), together with the Public Prosecutor's Office in Frankfurt am Main and the German Central Office for Combating Cybercrime (ZIT),...

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hackread.com

bka.de

eldiario.es

elespanol.com

therecord.media

justice.gov

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Microsoft reports cybersecurity incident

Microsoft has published an official post in response to the news related to the alleged cyberattack perpetrated by the LAPSUS$ ransomware group, which would have resulted in the obtaining of the...

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microsoft.com

techmonitor.ai

hipertextual.com

es.gizmodo.com

cyberkendra.com

xataka.com

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Okta reports cybersecurity incident

Okta has published an official post in response to the news related to the alleged cyberattack perpetrated by the LAPSUS$ ransomware group, which would have resulted in Sitel's "superuser" access,...

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okta.com

cyberkendra.com

bleepingcomputer.com

reuters.com

cnn.com

itwire.com

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Other critical infrastructures

Ubisoft reports cybersecurity incident

Video game company Ubisoft has confirmed that a cybersecurity incident caused a "temporary disruption" to some of its games, systems and services, and it is suspected that the cybercriminal group...

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ubisoft.com

xataka.com

theverge.com

engadget.com

bleepingcomputer.com

genbeta.com

muycomputer.com

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Six US states hit by China-based cyberattack

Cybersecurity firm Mandiant uncovered evidence of data exfiltration by the Chinese hacking group known as 'APT41', which targeted US state governments between May 2021 and February 2022.The events...

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mandiant.com

wired.com

theverge.com

techcrunch.com

threatpost.com

computing.co.uk

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Other critical infrastructures

Public administration

Vulnerability

Cyberattack on Mercado Libre exposes user data

Latin American e-commerce giant Mercado Libre has revealed that it suffered a cyber-attack that exposed the data of 300,000 customers. According to the company, the data stolen by hackers did not...

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elchapuzasinformatico.com

negocios.com.ar

xataka.com

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Corporate access

Cybersecurity Highlights

The Guardia Civil arrests 22 people for phishing scams

General Motors suffers credential stuffing attack

French hospital group GHT suffers cyberattack

API Threat Research: SSRF on FinTech Platforms

BKA and German ZIT shut down Hydra, the most popular Russian black market on the Dark Web

Microsoft reports cybersecurity incident

Okta reports cybersecurity incident

Ubisoft reports cybersecurity incident

Six US states hit by China-based cyberattack

Cyberattack on Mercado Libre exposes user data

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