FatFace cyber-attack put employee bank and NI details at risk

A cyber-attack against the high street clothing retailer FatFace in January also put the bank details and National Insurance numbers of current and former employees at risk, This is Money can reveal. The chain came under fire from customers yesterday after it took two months to inform them personal details including their name, email and … Read more

Putin celebrates 100th anniversary of Russian spy agency behind major US cyberattack

Vladimir Putin has given his personal backing to the Russian intelligence agency accused of launching a massive cyberattack against the US government.   The Kremlin leader appeared at the headquarters of the SVR, Russian Foreign Intelligence Service, to mark its 100th anniversary on Sunday. While not referring to hacking, Putin lauded the work of intelligence agents … Read more

Cyberattack hits EU medicines agency 

Cyberattack hits EU medicines agency By Isabella Nikolic For Mailonline Published: 15:40 GMT, 9 December 2020 | Updated: 16:00 GMT, 9 December 2020 A cyberattack has been launched against the EU’s medicines regulator amid fears coronavirus vaccine data may have been stolen.  The European Medicines Agency, which is currently weighing up whether to give special approval … Read more

World’s first healthcare cyberattack death after German hospital had to turn woman away due to hack

Woman becomes first healthcare cyberattack death after German hospital was forced to turn her away when hackers deactivated their computers Woman died en route to another hospital after being turned away from first one Dusseldorf’s University Clinic couldn’t admit her because its systems were down  The cause was a Sept. 10 cyberattack that the hospital … Read more

Garmin acknowledges cyberattack, doesn’t mention ransomware

The GPS device maker Garmin acknowledged on Monday that it was victimized by a cyberattack last week that encrypted some of its systems, knocking its fitness tracking and pilot navigation services offline. It said systems would be fully restored in the next few days. In an online statement, the company did not specify that it … Read more

China slams accusations they were behind cyber-attack on the Australian government and businesses

China has fired back over accusations they were the ‘sophisticated state-based actor’ who launched a massive cyber-attack on the Australian government and businesses.  Australian Strategic Policy Institute executive director Peter Jennings said the attack was ’95 per cent or more’ likely to have been launched from China.  But Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian dismissed such allegations, … Read more

Honda suspends global production after cyber-attack

Honda suspends production at factories around the world after discovering computer virus in company servers The Japanese automaker discovered a virus in servers in its Tokyo headquarters While investigating the issue, the company suspended global production The suspensions lasted a day, and most facilities have come back online again  No sensitive data was breached and … Read more