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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Information leakage in the Swedish government

The Swedish PM has announced that the Interior Minister and the Infrastructure Minister are no longer part of the government due to a leak of confidential data from a government agency. This leak...

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thehackernews.com

www.independent.co.uk

lavanguardia.com

efe.com

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Internet

A cyber attack hits the Donald Trump hotel chain again.

According to the Trump hotel chain, 14 of its hotels have been victims of a cyber attack. It is the third suffering in recent years.This cyberattack was made through a security breach in the...

References:

trumphotels.com

washingtonpost.com

aol.com

hackread.com

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Bithumb, the electronic currency trading platform has been hacked.

According to Yonhap New Agency, a South Korean news portal, the Bithumb electronic currency trading platform has been hacked. The news has echoed after the call made from the platform to the Korean...

References:

english.yonhapnews.co.kr

thehackernews.com

criptonoticias.com

bbc.com

xataka.com

computerhoy.com

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Cryptocurrency

e-commerce

Information leakage

The British Parliament, victim of cybercrime

A cyber attack on the British Parliament has prompted local authorities to block remote access to parliamentary e-mail as a precautionary measure because unauthorized attempts to access their...

References:

theguardian.com

genbeta.com

theguardian.com

elmundo.es

es.euronews.com

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Cybercrime

Information leakage

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Windows 10 kernel source filtering

According to the news portal "theverge.com", a Microsoft spokesman would have confirmed the leakage of a large amount of source code from the Windows 10 kernel, even without releasing, from...

References:

thehackernews.com

theregister.co.uk

theverge.com

computerhoy.com

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Students hack their teachers' emails to get exams

In an institute of A Estrada (Pontevedra), the Civil Guard has arrested 5 students, and another 10 (9 students and a tutor) are being investigated, accused of hacking their teachers' e-mail in...

References:

politica.elpais.com

elmundo.es

farodevigo.es

lavozdegalicia.es

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Cyberespionage

Information leakage

Malware

Hacking iDental clinics and cancellation of clients' debt

The group of hackers linked to Anonymous known as La Nueve, has proclaimed author of an intrusion in the systems of dental dental clinic. This group claims to have cancelled the amount of € 25,000...

References:

elconfidencial.com

twitter.com

omicrono.elespanol.com

leonoticias.com

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Cybercrime

Information leakage

Incident

North Korea related to the Hidden Cobra attacks

Investigations conducted by the FBI and the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) reveal that the hacker group known as the Hidden Cobra, also known as the Lazarus Group and Guardians of Peace,...

References:

certsi.es

elmundo.es

us-cert.gov

es.gizmodo.com

genbeta.com

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Other critical infrastructures

Information Exposed to 10 Million Car Owners in the United States

Researchers at Kromtech Security discovered an unprotected database containing data from several US-based car dealerships. The database revealed buyers' personal data such as names, addresses,...

References:

gizmodo.com

ibtimes.co.uk

securityintelligence.com

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Information leakage

Incident

Target sentenced to pay $ 18.5 million for security breach

The US store chain Target has been ordered to pay a fine of $ 18.5 million as part of an agreement with state prosecutors over a security breach suffered by the company that compromised the data of...

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nytimes.com

abcnews.go.com

cnbc.com

govtech.com

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Cybercrime

Information leakage

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Corporate access

Cybersecurity Highlights

Information leakage in the Swedish government

A cyber attack hits the Donald Trump hotel chain again.

Bithumb, the electronic currency trading platform has been hacked.

The British Parliament, victim of cybercrime

Windows 10 kernel source filtering

Students hack their teachers' emails to get exams

Hacking iDental clinics and cancellation of clients' debt

North Korea related to the Hidden Cobra attacks

Information Exposed to 10 Million Car Owners in the United States

Target sentenced to pay $ 18.5 million for security breach

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