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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New York Post suffers Twitter and website incident

The US daily New York Post announced that it had suffered a security incident on its Twitter account and website, publishing offensive articles and content without consent on both sites.Initial...

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twitter.com

nytimes.com

bloomberg.com

techcrunch.com

bleepingcomputer.com

heraldo.es

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Internet

Social networks

Cryptocurrency scam using the Oviedo Opera's Twitter account

The researcher Henk van Ess has denounced on Twitter the impersonation suffered by the official account of the Oviedo Opera, in which they tried to take advantage of the name of Elon Musk and the...

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twitter.com

lavozdeasturias.es

es.investing.com

ondacero.es

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unaaldia.hispasec.com

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Cyberattack on Menéame with data leaks

Menéame has been the target of an attack in which some users' data was leaked. The company details, in its official statement, that on 14 September they detected the first attempted attack, and on...

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blog.meneame.net

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eldiario.es

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Mailchimp security breach exposes DigitalOcean customer data

DigitalOcean has reported a recent security incident at MailChimp, which has resulted in some customers' email addresses being leaked, with a small number of them receiving unauthorised password...

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mailchimp.com

digitalocean.com

diariobitcoin.com

theregister.com

unaaldia.hispasec.com

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Twitter confirms a vulnerability that has affected the data of its users

The company Twitter, on an official statement published on its website, from the privacy center, has reported an incident that has allowed the theft of data from some of its user accounts. The...

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privacy.twitter.com

abcnews.go.com

economictimes.indiatimes.com

elespanol.com

lavozdegalicia.es

engadget.com

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Cyberattack on the British Army's YouTube and Twitter accounts

The press office of the British Ministry of Defense and the British Navy have managed to resolve the interruption of their YouTube and Twitter accounts after receiving a cyberattack, according to...

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twitter.com

bbc.com

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Other critical infrastructures

Public administration

Social networks

International operation coordinated by Europol dismantles FluBot

FluBot, a Trojan designed for Android devices and which has been present in multiple fraudulent SMS campaigns since 2020, has been deactivated in a joint operation involving the police forces of 11...

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europol.europa.eu

bleepingcomputer.com

thehackernews.com

xataka.com

abc.es

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Other critical infrastructures

Social networks

Andorra Telecom suffers several DDoS cyberattacks

Andorra Telecom, the telephone company of the Principality of Andorra, suffered a collapse of its network due to a series of DDoS cyber-attacks, mainly during the course of the streaming of a video...

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twitter.com

gizmodo.com

genbeta.com

xataka.com

elpais.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,...

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engineering.fb.com

twitter.com

engineering.fb.com

bleepingcomputer.com

zdnet.com

krebsonsecurity.com

xataka.com

elpais.com

elconfidencial.com

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Cybersecurity Highlights

New York Post suffers Twitter and website incident

Cryptocurrency scam using the Oviedo Opera's Twitter account

Cyberattack on Menéame with data leaks

Mailchimp security breach exposes DigitalOcean customer data

Twitter confirms a vulnerability that has affected the data of its users

Cyberattack on the British Army's YouTube and Twitter accounts

International operation coordinated by Europol dismantles FluBot

Andorra Telecom suffers several DDoS cyberattacks

Twitch has confirmed a data breach

Facebook server outage

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