EasyJet
The airline EasyJet announced a cyberattack that accessed the customer information of 9m people. The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/may/19/easyjet-cyber-attack-customers-details-credit-card
DNS protocol
Researchers disclosed details of a new security flaw impacting DNS protocol. The Hacker News: https://thehackernews.com/2020/05/dns-server-ddos-attack.html
Sanix hacker
Ukrainian police arrested the hacker known as Sanix, who stole databases containing 773m email addresses. The Hacker News: https://thehackernews.com/2020/05/ukrainian-hacker-arrested.html
Natura
Brazilian cosmetics company Natura accidentally left a database of customer personal information publicly accessible online. The Hacker News: https://thehackernews.com/2020/05/natura-data-breach.html
Wishbone App
A hacker is selling 40m user records stolen from the popular polling app Wishbone. ZDNet: https://www.zdnet.com/article/hacker-selling-40-million-user-records-from-popular-wishbone-app/
Game Developers
Hackers target online game developers to profit from in-game currency and infect players with malware. DailyMail:
Sophos
Sophos put out a patch to stop hackers’ attempts to deploy ransomware on enterprise networks protected by Sophos firewall devices. ZDNet:
Sanix
Hacker “Sanix” was arrested for selling billions of hacked user credentials on hacker forums and Telegram channels. ZDNet:
https://www.zdnet.com/article/hacker-arrested-in-ukraine-for-selling-billions-of-stolen-credentials/
Satellite Traffic
A hacker used £270 of TV equipment to eavesdrop on satellite communications. CBROnline:
https://www.cbronline.com/news/satellite-hacking
Israeli Websites
Thousands of Israeli websites are down after what is suspected to be a massive Iranian cyberattack. CTECH:
https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3825492,00.html
General Elections Commission
Hackers broke into a database belonging to the General Elections Commission (KPU) of Indonesia, which compromised 2.3m citizen’s personal data. Tempo:
https://en.tempo.co/read/1345108/kpu-alleged-hacking-leaves-2-3-million-personal-data-compromised