Intelligent CISO Issue 23 | Page 25

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. www.intelligentciso.com | Issue 23 25