Dataangrep mot Sykehuset Innlandet – NRK

https://www.nrk.no/innlandet/dataangrep-mot-sykehuset-innlandet-1.15132961

Analyser viser at det kan ha blitt hentet ut personsensitive data.

Researchers one step closer to bomb-sniffing cyborg locusts - Washington University in St. Louis

https://source.wustl.edu/2020/08/researchers-one-step-closer-to-bomb-sniffing-cyborg-locusts/

they were able to hijack a locust’s olfactory system to both detect and discriminate between different explosive scents — all within a few hundred milliseconds of exposure.

Datainnbrotet ved NHH viser kor viktig det er å halde seg oppdatert på datatryggleik

https://www.bt.no/btmeninger/leder/i/wP7BB5/datainnbrotet-ved-nhh-viser-kor-viktig-det-er-aa-halde-seg-oppdatert-paa

Norges Handelshøyskole har latt døra til internett stå ulåst

Feilen vart retta for meir enn eitt år sidan, men NHH installerte aldri oppdateringa.

NHH utsatt for datainnbrudd – Over 300 studenter og ansatte rammet

https://nrkbeta.no/2020/08/06/nhh-utsatt-for-datainnbrudd-over-300-studenter-og-ansatte-rammet/

NRKs gjennomgang av datalekkasjen tilsier at over 300 studenter og ansatte er kompromittert.

Det skal ha skjedd etter et større internasjonal datainnbrudd som har påvirket flere hundre organisasjoner.
Ifølge teknologinettstedet ZDNet skal 900 VPN-servere være rammet.

Blackberry cracked five years after seizure sparks mass arrests for drug importation

https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/silver-bullet-mass-arrests-after-blackberry-cracked-five-years-after-seizure-20200731-p55hbq.html

In April, new technology “capabilities” allowed authorities to probe the encrypted device

Garmin reportedly paid multimillion-dollar ransom after suffering cyberattack - The Verge

https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/4/21353842/garmin-ransomware-attack-wearables-wastedlocker-evil-corp

Twitter says hackers downloaded private account data - BBC News

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-53455092

The attackers successfully manipulated a small number of employees and used their credentials to access Twitter’s internal systems,” it said in a statement

Hackers Convinced Twitter Employee to Help Them Hijack Accounts

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/jgxd3d/twitter-insider-access-panel-account-hacks-biden-uber-bezos

A Twitter insider was responsible for a wave of high profile account takeovers on Wednesday, according to leaked screenshots obtained by Motherboard and two sources who took over accounts.

On Wednesday, a spike of high profile accounts including those of Joe Biden, Elon Musk, Bill Gates, Barack Obama, Uber, and Apple tweeted cryptocurrency scams in an apparent hack.

Today’s Twitter Breach Reveals How It Is Often Used as Critical Infrastructure — Pixel Envy

https://pxlnv.com/linklog/twitter-critical-infrastructure/

Studenter avslørte alvorlig sikkerhetsfeil i biblioteksystemet Bibliofil – NRK

https://www.nrk.no/kultur/studenter-avslorte-alvorlig-sikkerhetsfeil-i-biblioteksystemet-bibliofil-1.15076878

I april fant tre studenter ved NTNU et sikkerhetshull i Bibliofil. Utlånssystemet er i bruk ved 159 forskjellige bibliotek i Norge, og har registrert informasjon om 3,5 millioner lånere.

Siden januar 2019 har blant annet navn, adresse, telefonnummer og personnummer vært tilgjengelig med kun enkle tekniske grep.