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Data Breach Incident at WhizComms Affected About 24,000 Customers

About 24,000 customers of broadband service provider WhizComms, or roughly half its customer base, had their personal information stolen by an external party in a data breach incident detected on April 21.

Singapore-Based Cryptocurrency Firm BitKeep Lost Funds in Recent Hacking Incident

The company, which has not been named in reports, was targeted by skilled cybercriminals who were able to breach the firm’s security systems and gain access to its digital wallets.

Victims lose $237,000 amid resurgence in SingPost and Singtel phishing scams: Singapore Police

At least 85 people here have lost about $237,000 since January 2022 after falling victim to phishing scams involving purported e-mails from Singapore Post (SingPost) and telco Singtel.

Data of alleged 2.6m Carousell accounts being sold on Dark Web, hacking forums

The breached database, allegedly containing the information of 2.6 million accounts, is being sold for $1,000. Carousell said that 1.95 million user accounts were affected.

Update: Indonesia hunts for Bjorka, hacker selling 1.3 billion SIM card users' data, taunting officials

The day after a senior informatics applications official appealed to Bjorka to stop leaking Indonesians' personal data at a press conference on Sept 5, the hacker boldly told the government to "stop being an idiot" in a BreachForums post.

Charity platform Giving.sg alerts public to phishing e-mails

Members of the public have been warned not to give away any credit card information and personal details to fraudsters posing as charity platform Giving.sg after a spate of phishing emails were flagged.

Singapore organizations among most targeted in the world by ransomware attacks, study finds

Cybereason said Singapore businesses were witnessing the greatest volume of such attacks among the countries polled, with 80 percent of respondents here saying their organizations had been hit by a ransomware attack in the past 24 months.

Data of 22.5 Million Malaysians Born 1940-2004 Allegedly Being Sold for $10,000

The alleged data leak involves information purportedly stolen from the National Registration Department (NRD). Local tech portal Amanz reported that the database, 160GB in size, is being sold for US$10,000 (S$13,846) on the dark web.

Edu-tech firm GeniusU fined $35,000 for data leak affecting 1.26m users

GeniusU, a Singapore-based education technology company, has been fined $35,000 for a data breach that resulted in the theft of 1.26 million users' personal data, one of the largest data breaches in recent years.

Didi said to halt Hong Kong listing plan on cyber security probe

Didi Global has suspended preparations for its planned Hong Kong listing after failing to appease Chinese regulators' demands that it overhaul its systems for handling sensitive user data, according to unnamed sources.

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