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.

Optus cyberattack compromises user data

Optus, Australia's second largest telecommunications company, suffered a cyberattack at the end of September. The company is investigating unauthorised access to customer and ex-customer...

References:

optus.com.au

thehackernews.com

sbs.com.au

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...

References:

blog.meneame.net

20minutos.es

eldiario.es

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Morgan Stanley fined for the sale of personal data

Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC (MSSB), a US multinational financial institution that operates as an investment bank and broker-dealer, has decided to pay a fine of USD 35 million to the US...

References:

sec.gov

arstechnica.com

blog.elhacker.net

businessinsider.es

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Banking sector

Information leakage

Personal information leak at Revolut

The neobank Revolut has reported a cyberattack on its systems, which gave an unauthorised third party access to sensitive information of some 50,150 customers (0.16% of the global total), 20,687 of...

References:

vdai.lrv.lt

genbeta.com

bleepingcomputer.com

elespanol.com

elmundo.es

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Information leak at Rockstar Games

Rockstar Games, a video game company, has posted a message on its official Twitter account acknowledging a cybersecurity incident.As detailed in the statement, an unauthorised third party accessed...

References:

twitter.com

xataka.com

lavanguardia.com

vandal.elespanol.com

unaaldia.hispasec.com

incibe-cert.es

twitter.com

eleconomista.es

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Information leak at American Airlines

American Airlines has notified customers of a security incident in July 2022, after attackers compromised a limited number of employee email accounts and gained access to sensitive personal...

References:

media.dojmt.gov

bleepingcomputer.com

cyberscoop.com

npr.org

20minutos.com

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Uber cybersecurity incident

Uber has released an official statement, acknowledging that it has been the victim of a cyber-attack due to the compromise of a third-party contractor's account through malware infection of the...

References:

uber.com

businessinsider.es

eldiario.es

elconfidencial.com

genbeta.com

bleepingcomputer.com

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Unauthorised access to InterContinental´s systems

The British hotel group InterContinental Hotels Group PLC has reported that parts of its technology systems have been subject to unauthorized activity, affecting its booking channels and other...

References:

ihgplc.com

bleepingcomputer.com

itpro.co.uk

cshub.com

genbeta.com

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Cybercrime

Incident

Samsung confirms having suffered a cybersecurity incident

The company has issued a statement about a cybersecurity incident in which some customers' information has been affected. They have stated that an unauthorized third party gained access to some of...

References:

samsung.com

news.samsung.com

genbeta.com

infobae.com

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Chilean government's CSIRT reports ransomware attack on SERNAC

The Chilean government's Computer Security Incident Response Team (CSIRT) reported in different announcements that the Chilean National Consumer Service (SERNAC) has been affected by a...

References:

csirt.gob.cl

welivesecurity.com

bleepingcomputer.com

therecord.media

eldiariosantiago.cl

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Public administration

Corporate access

Cybersecurity Highlights

Optus cyberattack compromises user data

Cyberattack on Menéame with data leaks

Morgan Stanley fined for the sale of personal data

Personal information leak at Revolut

Information leak at Rockstar Games

Information leak at American Airlines

Uber cybersecurity incident

Unauthorised access to InterContinental´s systems

Samsung confirms having suffered a cybersecurity incident

Chilean government's CSIRT reports ransomware attack on SERNAC

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