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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US Police data leak

Thousands of confidential files from more than 200 police departments, training resources and intelligence centers, including police and FBI reports, were released on Friday June 19 by DDoSecrets ...

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krebsonsecurity.com

wired.com

threatpost.com

unaaldia.hispasec.com

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Public administration

Social networks

NASA contractor suffers cyberattack from DopplePaymer ransomware

The group of cybercriminals operating the DopplePaymer ransomware announced its attack on the Digital Management Inc. (DMI) network, a company whose client list includes several Fortune 100...

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zdnet.com

siliconangle.com

itpro.co.uk

bitcoin.es

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Other critical infrastructures

Public administration

Exposure of personal information in the Joomla CMS

The Joomla team, a content management system (CMS), has suffered a data leak in JRD (Joomla Resources Directory), a community for developers and providers specialized in this platform that allows...

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community.joomla.org

zdnet.com

thehackernews.com

muyseguridad.net

blogs.masterhacks.net

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Information leak in Brazilian company Natura&Co

Natura&Co, one of the main online retail business groups in Brazil, dedicated specifically to the sale of cosmetics, suffered an information leak that affected 250,000 clients of the multinational,...

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safetydetectives.com

hackread.com

welivesecurity.com

noticiasseguridad.com

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Health

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EasyJet airline victim of a data breach

Through an official statement, EasyJet reported about a non-authorized access to theirs systems on April.By information provided by the airline, once incident detected, they engaged forensics...

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easyjet.com

twitter.com

genbeta.com

lavanguardia.com

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Transport

Leaked sensitive information from the European Parliament

Security researcher Yash Kadakia, through his digital risk management platform ShadowMap, identified a massive data leak in the European Parliament (EP). After notifying the institution of the...

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twitter.com

politico.eu

escudodigital.com

businessinsider.es

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Public administration

Firebase platform suffers from data exposure

Firebase, a Google platform for developing web and mobile applications, has exposed sensitive information from more than 4,000 applications that use its database, due to poor permission settings by...

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comparitech.com

thehackernews.com

unaaldia.hispasec.com

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Information leak in Microsoft account on GitHub

A cybercriminal has accessed the private repositories of the profile on Microsoft's GitHub and has stolen about 500 GB of information. The stolen data corresponds mainly to code samples, test...

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bleepingcomputer.com

elespanol.com

redeszone.net

zdnet.com

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Fresenius health group, victim of Snake ransomware

Fresenius, one of the largest private sector healthcare companies in Europe, and owner of QuironSalud, has suffered a cyberattack from the ransomware called Snake.Fresenius spokesman Matt Kuhn...

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krebsonsecurity.com

bleepingcomputer.com

businessinsider.es

cso.computerworld.es

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InfinityBlack group dismantled in Poland and Switzerland

Polish and Swiss law enforcement authorities, supported by Europol and Eurojust, have dismantled InfinityBlack, a group of cybercriminals dedicated to distributing stolen user credentials, creating...

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europol.europa.eu

zdnet.com

ccn-cert.cni.es

threatpost.com

adslzone.net

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Cybersecurity Highlights

US Police data leak

NASA contractor suffers cyberattack from DopplePaymer ransomware

Exposure of personal information in the Joomla CMS

Information leak in Brazilian company Natura&Co

EasyJet airline victim of a data breach

Leaked sensitive information from the European Parliament

Firebase platform suffers from data exposure

Information leak in Microsoft account on GitHub

Fresenius health group, victim of Snake ransomware

InfinityBlack group dismantled in Poland and Switzerland

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