BRI Life, the insurance arm of Indonesia's Bank Rakyat Indonesia (BRI), said that it was investigating claims that the personal details of over two million of its customers had been advertised for sale by unidentified hackers.

A sophisticated, likely government-sponsored threat actor has been compromising major public and private organizations over the past year by exploiting deserialization flaws in public-facing ASP.NET applications to deploy fileless malware.

The data breach has affected the unemployment benefits system and targeted 57,920 claimant accounts. The breach affected accounts within the Reemployment Assistance Claims and Benefits Information System, commonly known as CONNECT.

The information that may have been exposed includes names, dates of birth, and Social Security numbers, as well as the health insurance contract numbers and routing numbers for direct deposit.

The seller claims the secret database contains 3.8 billion phone numbers and each number is ranked by a score (Number of Clubhouse users who have this phone number in their phonebook).

According to THORChain, the decentralized exchange has become a victim of a sophisticated attack on its ETH router. The protocol took to Twitter to announce the hack and loss it suffered.

Speaking to local radio, the Deputy Mayor said that a malicious virus had been installed, with hackers asking for a “ransom” to “unlock” the files, although it wasn't said how much or if he was paid.

Financial cybercrime gang FIN7 has resurged after the jailing of some members, launching a campaign that uses as a lure a legal complaint involving the liquor company that owns Jack Daniels whiskey.

Cybercriminals try to take advantage of the Tokyo Olympics and researchers and security agencies are already warning of the possible cyberattacks on the event. It appears to be challenging for Tokyo to stay protected from expected attacks. Defenses need to be amped up to the tee.

The German Pharmacists' Association (DAV) said hackers had managed to produce two vaccination certificates by accessing the portal and making up pharmacy owner identities.