threat updates
FRANCE
The Bouygues Group’s construction subsidiary was
paralysed by a major cyberattack. The attack caused a
huge amount of damage as the entire computer network
was impacted and all of the company’s servers shut down.
The company issued an update by saying that since the
attack, specific measures have been taken to ensure that
its work can continue in France and in other countries. The
company said that no construction sites have been halted
and all data output from the company to the outside is
subject to a more stringent security procedure. Bouygues
Construction’s IT teams are continuing the restoration
of the IT network and are bringing its functions back
into service. The company has filed a complaint and is
working in conjunction with the competent authorities
to identify the origin of this criminal action.
EUROPE
The personal data of 6.5 million voters in
Israel has been leaked. The incident came as
a result of a software flaw which was linked with
an app used by the country’s Prime Minister
and his party in order to communicate with
voters to offer election information.
Anurag Kahol, CTO at Bitglass, said that the exposed
voter data included full names, addresses, social security
numbers, gender and ballot addresses, along with other
extremely sensitive details. He said that an incident such
as this put the impacted citizens at extreme risk for future
attacks, such as identity theft, phishing, or strategically
using the compromised information to sway their votes.
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