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The attack on a video surveillance startup by a hacktivist group raises questions not just over cyber security, but the use and extent of surveillance technology.
Nottinghamshire schools suspend online learning following cyber attack Cyber attack on central trust that manages secondary schools in Nottinghamshire leaves them unable to access IT systems and deliver remote lessons Share this item with your network: By Published: 05 Mar 2021 13:00 Fifteen secondary schools across Nottinghamshire have been forced to shut down their IT networks after the central trust that manages them was hit by a “sophisticated” cyber attack. All of the schools that are part of the Nova Education Trust have had no access to their “usual modes of communication”...
According to a Bleeping Computerreport, ShinyHunters shared the database on the dark web. The hacker claimed they stole the database during their November breach of 123rf, which shares the same parent company as Pixlr. In the 123rf breach, hackers stole over 8.3 million user data records. These records contained email addresses, MD5 hashed passwords, company names, phone numbers, addresses, PayPal emails, and IP addresses. ShinyHunters has also been responsible for data breaches at Minted, Chatbooks, Wattpad, and others. Stephen Kapp, CTO and founder at Cortex Insight, told IT Pro that ...