Thought Leadership
Through the CRM system
The US subsidiary of Germany’s Allianz SE confirms a major cyber attack in which hackers have stolen the personal data of the “majority” of its customers.
Akira Ransomware
A single password that was too weak was enough to destroy the KNP transport company and put 700 people out of work. To this day, the employee concerned does not know that his compromised password led to the destruction of the company – out of consideration.
Botnet
International authorities take action against a hacker group. Their targets were also in Germany and were intended to disrupt politics and society.
Fake e-mail
Fraudsters posed as a trustworthy supplier and scammed millions with a fake invoice. The investigating authorities were at least able to recover part of the money.
Data leak
In the Islamic Republic, the exile broadcaster “Iran International” is considered a hostile medium. Now there are reports of a major data leak.
DDoS attack
The hours-long IT outage of the Swiss Federal Administration on January 10 had political reasons: Cyber criminals attacked the systems in response to the new ban on veiling.
SafePay ransomware
The IT distributor Ingram Micro has been struggling with outages since Thursday – attackers are said to have penetrated via VPN gateway.
Second incident
The International Criminal Court in The Hague has once again been the target of a hacker attack. The attack took place almost two years after a similar incident.
After US attacks
Immediately after the American military strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities, Donald Trump’s social media platform is targeted by cyber criminals.
Access to internal e-mails
Unknown hackers have reportedly targeted the US newspaper and gained access to internal emails. Journalists reporting on China are among those affected.