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.

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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Information leakage

Public administration

Diebold Nixdorf suffers cyberattack from ProLock ransomware

Diebold Nixdorf, a leading provider of ATMs and payment technology for banks and retailers, has recently suffered a ransomware attack that disrupted some of its operations.ProLock, the name of the...

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krebsonsecurity.com

bankinfosecurity.com

noticiasseguridad.com

group-ib.com

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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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The Spanish National Police Corps arrest 11 cybercriminals for CEO scam

The Spanish National Police Corps have arrested 11 alleged cybercriminals who have defrauded more than €2,400,000 from companies and individuals from various countries. The crimes attributed to...

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policia.es

20minutos.es

adslzone.net

news.sophos.com

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The University of Cádiz suffers a ransomware cyberattack

The University of Cádiz has reported to the Spanish National Police having suffered a cyberattack against hundreds of its corporate email accounts with messages from the account...

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uca.es

cadenaser.com

lavanguardia.com

aulamagna.com.es

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Public administration

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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LineageOS suffers cyberattack attempt through Salt

LineageOS, an Android-based mobile operating system, has reported an intrusion carried out at the beginning of May by cyberattackers with the intention of accessing its central infrastructure.The...

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status.lineageos.org

twitter.com

zdnet.com

expresscomputer.in

incibe-cert.es

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Android

Application

Cybercrime

Data leakage in the e-commerce company Tokopedia

Tokopedia, an Indonesian technology company specializing in electronic commerce, has suffered data breach from several million user records. The cyberattacker responsible initially published the...

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hackread.com

zdnet.com

unaaldia.hispasec.com

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Corporate access

Cybersecurity Highlights

Leaked sensitive information from the European Parliament

Diebold Nixdorf suffers cyberattack from ProLock ransomware

Firebase platform suffers from data exposure

The Spanish National Police Corps arrest 11 cybercriminals for CEO scam

The University of Cádiz suffers a ransomware cyberattack

Information leak in Microsoft account on GitHub

Fresenius health group, victim of Snake ransomware

InfinityBlack group dismantled in Poland and Switzerland

LineageOS suffers cyberattack attempt through Salt

Data leakage in the e-commerce company Tokopedia

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