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Cybersecurity firm Sophos hit by data breach, notifies customers Leading cyber security company Sophos has notified some customers via email about a data security breach this week, saying a small subset of customers were affected. According to a report in ZDNet on Thursday, the data exposure included details such as customers’ first and last names, email addresses and phone numbers (wherever provided). NCSC Helping Man United Recover from Cyber-Attack The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) is assisting Manchester United in dealing with the cyber-attack which struck the English football club last week. Last Friday, the Premier League side confirmed in a statement that an incident had taken place, following which affected systems were shut down to “contain the damage and protect data.” Surge in cyber attacks on Indian vaccine makers in Oct-Nov: Report There has been a massive surge in cyber attacks against the India vaccine makers and hospitals in the month of October and ...

Mega Mumbai power outage may be the result of a cyber attack, final report awaited A malware attack is suspected to be the reason behind Mumbai's power outage last month. The case is being probed by the state's cyber department and the final report is awaited. Canadian Centre for Cyber Security warns infrastructure at risk from cyber attacks A new report from the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security warns state-sponsored actors are likely developing the ability to launch cyberattacks against the country’s infrastructure and that hacked systems present the most pressing threat to Canadians’ physical health. India sees a 37% increase in data breaches, cyber-attacks this year The recent data breach at BigBasket, in which the details of around 2 crore users were put on sale on a forum in the dark web, follows a larger trend of cyber theft that has held strong through this year. Data breaches have shown a steady increase, and India has seen a 37 percent increase in cyberattacks in the...

1) Capcom hacked in latest cyber-attack on game-makers Video game-maker Capcom said its computer systems were hacked earlier this week, in the latest cyber-attack to hit the games industry. The Japanese firm is behind major franchises such as Resident Evil, Street Fighter, and Mega Man.   2) US hospital systems facing 'imminent' threat of cyber-attacks, FBI warns Federal agencies have warned that the US healthcare system is facing an “increased and imminent” threat of cybercrime, and that cybercriminals are unleashing a wave of extortion attempts designed to lock up hospital information systems, which could hurt patient care just as nationwide cases of Covid-19 are spiking.  3) Covid opens pharma firms to threats: Lupin reports cyber attack The threats from such digitization were flagged last year when cybersecurity solutions firm Kaspersky had reportedly ranked India as the sixth most vulnerable country where drugmakers were open to attacks from cybercriminals. 4) Explained...