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Comes after Singtel, ASIC and RBNZ hit by attacks using the software as a vector
Singtel is among the latest victims of a breach tied to Accellion's File Transfer Appliance. Two more breaches have been tied to the vulnerable 20-year-old Accellion File Transfer Appliance. The latest victims are Singapore telecom company Singtel and Australian medical research institute QIMR Berghofer. Singtel reports that it's working closely with the Cyber Security Agency of Singapore after a breach of its Accellion FTA system, which it uses to share information internally and externally. In a blog post on Thursday, Singtel said it was informed by Accellion that FTA had been attacked by u...
By Ry Crozier on Feb 11, 2021 1:52PM Working to establish files accessed. QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute and Singtel are the latest large organisations to fall victim to the Accellion data breach. QIMR Berghofer said in a statement that about 4 percent of data held on the file-sharing system - or 620MB in total - appeared to have been accessed by an unknown party on Christmas Day. It used Accellion “to receive and share data from clinical trials of anti-malarial drugs” though it said no personally-identifiable information was in the doc...
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Reserve Bank data breach: Adrian Orr gains high-ground as Accellion dodges questions 10 Feb, 2021 04:28 AM 4 minutes to read Reserve Bank Governor Adrian Orr. Photo / Mark Mitchell The Reserve Bank has gained the high-ground against Accellion, after the bank's US technology partner refused to challenge RBNZ's version of events. Yesterday, RBNZ Governor Adrian Orr alleged Accellion had dragged its feet alerting the banks and other clients about a vulnerability with its FTA file-sharing service - which led to sensitive documents being stolen. Read More "We had no warning to av...