India’s Citizen ID System Is Leaking, Again!

India's immutable, biometric citizen ID system, Aadhaar, has had a history of data leaks.
India's immutable, biometric citizen ID system, Aadhaar, has had a history of data leaks.
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.
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.
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.
A new Ransomware threat actor has emerged, claiming over 30 victims in 10 days.
Sometimes it's old code. Sometimes they're just full of it. But sometimes, threat actors hit pay-dirt.
"Hacktivists" from at least 10 groups claim to try overwhelming numerous German and other NATO country targets.
Since April, BASHE, a ransomware group that allegedly spun off of LockBit, has been rapidly growing its reputation. They've claimed over twenty victims this past October.
They're also probably lying.
The ambitious Ransomware-as-a-Service gang hits targets on four continents.