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French regional bank Crédit Mutuel Arkéa said on Wednesday, November 4, that it had been the victim of a cyberattack that allowed fraudulent transactions, which reports claim amounted to €100 million. The bank, an arm of French financial services giant Read More …
Norway’s national aid agency, Norad, has confirmed that cyber criminals broke into its systems, stealing information about each and every registered user of its grant portal. Norad, which coordinates Norway’s assistance for foreign development, said that 20,614 registered individuals had Read More …
A cyberattack on several French blood banks sought to raise temperatures to extremely high levels but was thwarted before it could do any damage to blood products or samples, authorities said. The incident comes after supermarkets in a number of Read More …
The German government is warning politicians and public figures that they were targeted by government-backed spyware, days after Apple began sending out notifications warning victims that their iPhones may have been hacked. Germany’s federal cybersecurity office, known as the BSI, Read More …
A second wave of cyberattacks is suspected to have hit supermarket refrigerators across Europe, causing fridges to increase temperatures and spoil food at dozens of stores across Belgium, Ireland, Luxembourg, and Sweden. Supermarket giants Ahold Delhaize and Colruyt confirmed the Read More …
Authorities in Ukraine and Russia say their emergency alert mobile apps were targeted by cyberattacks late Sunday, with users in Ukraine receiving false warnings of dangerously high radiation levels in the capital, Kyiv. In a Telegram post late Sunday, Ukraine’s Read More …
Government websites in Europe and elsewhere went offline on Wednesday after the disclosure of critical vulnerabilities in a widely used programming language sent website operators scrambling to protect their systems. Developers of the PHP programming language said Tuesday they had Read More …
A disruption at Google’s cloud operations in London on Tuesday affected the websites and mobile apps of several banks, financial firms and public service providers in the region, highlighting how businesses and services have become critically dependent on digital infrastructure. Read More …
The owner of Phase Eight, Hobbs and Whistles has said its websites and IT systems have been hit by a cyber-attack that may have compromised customers’ personal data. The South-African listed TFG London said it identified the “cybersecurity incident” at Read More …
Several supermarkets were forced to discard fresh and frozen food, Intermarché said, and have yet to estimate the losses. The Paris prosecutor has opened an investigation. Hundreds of French supermarkets belonging to the Intermarché and Coopérative U chains have fallen Read More …