Les dernières cyberattaques (20 février 2024)

Hackers mint 1.79 billion crypto tokens from PlayDapp gaming platform

Hackers are believed to have used a stolen private key to mint and steal over 1.79 billion PLA tokens, a cryptocurrency used within the PlayDapp ecosystem.

Wyze investigating ‘security issue’ amid ongoing outage

Wyze Labs is investigating a security issue while experiencing a service outage that has been causing connectivity issues since this morning.

Ransomware attack forces 100 Romanian hospitals to go offline

100 hospitals across Romania have taken their systems offline after a ransomware attack hit their healthcare management system.

Trans-Northern Pipelines investigating ALPHV ransomware attack claims

Trans-Northern Pipelines (TNPI) has confirmed its internal network was breached in November 2023 and that it’s now investigating claims of data theft made by the ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware gang.

LockBit claims ransomware attack on Fulton County, Georgia

The LockBit ransomware gang claims to be behind the recent cyberattack on Fulton County, Georgia, and is threatening to publish « confidential » documents if a ransom is not paid.

ALPHV ransomware claims loanDepot, Prudential Financial breaches

The ALPHV/Blackcat ransomware gang has claimed responsibility for the recent network breaches of Fortune 500 company Prudential Financial and mortgage lender loanDepot.

FBI disrupts Russian Moobot botnet infecting Ubiquiti routers

The FBI took down a botnet of small office/home office (SOHO) routers used by Russia’s Main Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff (GRU) to proxy malicious traffic and to target the United States and its allies in spearphishing and credential theft attacks.

Hackers mint 1.79 billion crypto tokens from PlayDapp gaming platform

Hackers are believed to have used a stolen private key to mint and steal over 1.79 billion PLA tokens, a cryptocurrency used within the PlayDapp ecosystem.

German battery maker Varta halts production after cyberattack

Battery maker VARTA AG announced yesterday that it was targeted by a cyberattack that forced it to shut down IT systems, causing production to stop at its plants.

FBI disrupts Russian Moobot botnet infecting Ubiquiti routers

The FBI took down a botnet of small office/home office (SOHO) routers used by Russia’s Main Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff (GRU) to proxy malicious traffic and to target the United States and its allies in spearphishing and credential theft attacks.