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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Red Cross cyberattack causes data leakage

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) was the victim of a cyberattack targeting its computer servers. As a result, the personal and confidential data of more than 515,000 highly...

References:

icrc.org

bleepingcomputer.com

edition.cnn.com

theguardian.com

bloomberg.com

unaaldia.hispasec.com

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OpenSubtitles data breached after ransom payment

OpenSubtitles, the largest subtitle download site on the Internet, suffered an extortion attempt in August 2021, whereby a ransom in BTC was demanded in order not to publicly disclose its user...

References:

forum.opensubtitles.org

genbeta.com

larazon.es

20minutos.es

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Europol disrupts VPNLab.net

Europol, in a coordinated action with several European countries and the United States, has seized or disrupted 15 servers hosting the VPNLab.net service, a VPN service provider that was being used...

References:

europol.europa.eu

welivesecurity.com

genbeta.com

theregister.com

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Cloudflare blocks largest DDoS cyberattack on record

US-based Cloudflare, which operates a content delivery network and provides internet security services and distributed domain name servers, has reported blocking a DDoS attack with peaks of up to 2...

References:

blog.cloudflare.com

techcrunch.com

unaaldia.hispasec.com

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Data Breach in Aruba Central

HPE has reported the data repositories of its Aruba Central network monitoring platform were compromised, allowing an attacker to access data collected on monitored devices and their locations for...

References:

arubanetworks.com

computerweekly.com

bleepingcomputer.com

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Twitch has confirmed a data breach

Amazon-owned streaming platform Twitch has confirmed a security breach that has resulted in the exfiltration of at least 125GB of data.The torrent file, which has been posted anonymously on a forum...

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twitter.com

blog.twitch.tv

xataka.com

larazon.es

bleepingcomputer.com

osi.es

unaaldia.hispasec.com

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Facebook server outage

Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram and Messenger services were disrupted by a global outage, affecting users in Europe, America and Asia in particular.As Facebook explains in its official statement,...

References:

engineering.fb.com

twitter.com

engineering.fb.com

bleepingcomputer.com

zdnet.com

krebsonsecurity.com

xataka.com

elpais.com

elconfidencial.com

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DST Root CA X3 certificate has expired

Let’s Encrypt, a non-profit company dedicated to issue SSL certificates, has confirmed that its root certificate, DST Root CA X3, has expired last 30 September, being replacing by the new ISRG Root...

References:

letsencrypt.org

scotthelme.co.uk

techcrunch.com

genbeta.com

eleconomista.com

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Internet

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Total disruption of GSS services due to a ransomware

The Spanish and Latin American division of the Covisian Group, GSS, one of the main contact center service providers in Europe, has been victim of a ransomware cyberattack, causing a downfall of...

References:

canaldeisabelsegunda.es

therecord.media

vozpopuli.com

securityaffairs.co

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Up to 35 years in prison for running a DDoS service

Matthew Gatrel, 32, has been convicted by a federal jury of conspiracy to commit and unauthorised alteration of a protected computer and conspiracy to commit wire fraud. He faces up to 35 years in...

References:

justice.gov

krebsonsecurity.com

bleepingcomputer.com

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Cybersecurity Highlights

Red Cross cyberattack causes data leakage

OpenSubtitles data breached after ransom payment

Europol disrupts VPNLab.net

Cloudflare blocks largest DDoS cyberattack on record

Data Breach in Aruba Central

Twitch has confirmed a data breach

Facebook server outage

DST Root CA X3 certificate has expired

Total disruption of GSS services due to a ransomware

Up to 35 years in prison for running a DDoS service

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