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.

Unauthorised access to Dropbox data on GitHub

Dropbox has released a statement acknowledging that it was the victim of a phishing campaign that was exploited to gain access to code stored on GitHub. Specifically, GitHub alerted Dropbox to...

References:

dropbox.tech

bleepingcomputer.com

theregister.com

softzone.es

muycomputerpro.com

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Aurubis suffers cyberattack on its IT systems

Aurubis, Europe's largest copper smelting company, has been the victim of a widespread cyberattack targeting the metals and mining industry. As a result of the incident, several systems at the...

References:

aurubis.com

reuters.com

bloomberg.com

itnews.com.au

securityweek.com

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Chemical industry

Cybercrime

Incident

Other critical infrastructures

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...

References:

twitter.com

nytimes.com

bloomberg.com

techcrunch.com

bleepingcomputer.com

heraldo.es

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Cybercrime

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...

References:

twitter.com

lavozdeasturias.es

es.investing.com

ondacero.es

20minutos.es

unaaldia.hispasec.com

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Information leak at MyDeal

MyDeal, a subsidiary of Woolworths Group, has suffered a security incident confirmed by the parent company, in which a compromised user credential was used to gain unauthorised access to the...

References:

woolworthsgroup.com

reuters.com

theguardian.com/

dailytelegraph.com

auscert.org.au/

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US airport websites hit by DDoS

The cybercriminal group KillNet has claimed responsibility for distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks that took down the websites of several US airports, including those in Los Angeles,...

References:

govinfosecurity.com

bleepingcomputer.com

scmagazine.com

elespanol.com

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Cyberattack against hospitals in Barcelona

The Catalan government's Department of Health has published an official statement explaining that the Concorci Sanitari Integral recorded an incident in its information systems caused by a...

References:

salutweb.gencat.cat

elperiodico.com

lavanguardia.com

elconfidencial.com

cronicaglobal.elespanol.com

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Public administration

Hundreds of millions stolen from Binance

Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange platform, has suffered a theft amounting to €585 million after a potential network exploit was detected through an irregular increase in...

References:

bnbchain.org

nytimes.com

computerhoy.com

diariobitcoin.com

wired.com

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Activist convicted of piracy against Flanders' prime minister

Leuven activist Marie Samijn, who broke into the Brussels office of Flemish minister-president Jan Jambon in December 2021, has recently been sentenced to 100 hours of community service by the...

References:

nieuwsblad.be

vrt.be

twitter.com

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Cyberespionage

Information leakage

Public administration

DDoS attacks on the launch of Overwatch 2

The 4 October launch of the Blizzard Entertainment-owned game Overwatch 2 was affected by a DDoS attack. In fact, another DDoS attack took place the following day, and the problems persisted.The...

References:

twitter.com

bitdefender.com

genbeta.com

techcrunch.com

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Corporate access

Cybersecurity Highlights

Unauthorised access to Dropbox data on GitHub

Aurubis suffers cyberattack on its IT systems

New York Post suffers Twitter and website incident

Cryptocurrency scam using the Oviedo Opera's Twitter account

Information leak at MyDeal

US airport websites hit by DDoS

Cyberattack against hospitals in Barcelona

Hundreds of millions stolen from Binance

Activist convicted of piracy against Flanders' prime minister

DDoS attacks on the launch of Overwatch 2

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