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.

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

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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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Unauthorized access to Nintendo accounts

Nintendo has confirmed, through an official statement, that more than 160,000 user accounts have been compromised since the beginning of April, through the use of the login system through the...

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twitter.com

threatpost.com

scmagazine.com

unaaldia.hispasec.com

osi.es

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Million Webkinz by Gankin credentials leaked

An anonymous cybercriminal has leaked the usernames and passwords of nearly 23 million players to Webkinz World, an online children's game owned by the Canadian company Ganz.A vulnerability in one...

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twitter.com

zdnet.com

scmagazine.com

tn.com.ar

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Corporate access

Cybersecurity Highlights

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

Unauthorized access to Nintendo accounts

Million Webkinz by Gankin credentials leaked

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