India’s Citizen ID System Is Leaking, Again!
India's immutable, biometric citizen ID system, Aadhaar, has had a history of data leaks.
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Indonesia: Dozens of Leaks in February
Since the start of the month, there have been no less than sixty claims and publications of major data breaches from Indonesia. Many are from government systems.
Tblisi Public Transit Speakers Hacked, Play Pro-EU Messages
Today, on what marks the 58th day of protests against the new Georgian government, an interesting turn of events caused Tblisi's bus system to suspend fares.
[Another] Dutch Data Breach: 800k Citizens’ PII Leaked
The Netherlands is really going through it with the data leak stuff. Another dump of Dutch citizens’ personally identifiable information (PII) data just dropped a few hours ago.
The Existent Automated Armies: An Accelerating Arms Race for Viable Robot Soldiers
...these developments are indicative of an understated trend in militaries around the world: a growing acceptance of mass-casualty-causing weapons in automated hands. As several states that are innovators in this space find themselves engaged around the world, it may only be a matter of time before this technological rubicon is crossed in ground-based warfare, as it has in the air.
Ukrainian “Cyber Resistance” Hackers Leak Months Of Medvedev Email Communication To InformNapalm
On June 27th, Ukrainian hackers from the "Кібер Спротив" (Cyber Resistance) team have leaked a trove of internal communications belonging to former Russian president and current Chairman of Russia's Security Council, Dmitry Medvedev.
“Irleaks” Threat Actor Claims Massive Dataleaks Against Major Iranian Companies, Draws Speculation
A report this week by Hudson Rock researchers made waves as it outlined two dataleaks published by a threat actor known as “Irleaks“. If the threat actor’s claims were to be believed, it would have been one of the largest…
The Cyber Auxiliaries Against Israel Look Very Familiar
Since the seventh of October, the violence in Israel has been supplemented with a number of interventions in cyberspace. Responsibility for many of these incidents has been claimed by “hacktivist” cyber auxiliaries, several of them traditionally aligned with Russia. I’ll…
State Of The Cyberwar: Threat Actors Escalate Against NATO, Ukrainian Allies
As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has evolved into a slow, grinding war, an apparent deadlock in cyberspace has led pro-Russian threat actors to turn their attention to foreign targets seen as responsible for keeping Ukraine in the fight. This increase…
Numerous Swiss Websites Sustain DDoS Attacks Ahead of Zelensky Appearance
For the past 24 hours, Swiss government and infrastructure websites have been crippled by a series of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, claimed by a pro-Russian hacking group known as ‘NoName057(16)‘. The ongoing attacks are occurring just days ahead of a…