Cybersafety Sentinel September 2022 Week 5 | Informatica
Weekly Insights from Cybersafety Sentinel
Stay updated with Informatica’s Cybersafety Sentinel’s September 2022 Week 5 edition. This week, we cover critical topics such as fraudulent emails from Weebly and Square, the discovery of private medical photos online, TikTok facing a significant fine, the arrest of a teen hacker linked to Lapsus$, a massive data breach in Australia, and Russia’s fake news network. Gain expert strategies to enhance your cybersecurity measures and protect your digital assets.
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Claudiu’s Top Post
Two companies are rightfully being ridiculed for sending emails that look EXACTLY like fraudulent attempts to scam their clients. The message is being mass-emailed by Weebly (the free website purveyor) and its new owner Square (who really should know better as a supposedly secure payment processing company). Read More.
Medical Photos Found Online
Late last week, a California-based AI artist who goes by the name Lapine discovered private medical record photos taken by her doctor in 2013 referenced in the LAION-5B image set, which is a scrape of publicly available images on the web. AI researchers download a subset of that data to train AI image synthesis models such as Stable Diffusion and Google Imagen. Read more
TikTok Faces $29M Fine
TikTok could face a fine of 27 million pounds, or roughly $29 million, over allegations of violating the United Kingdom’s children’s data privacy protection standards, a U.K. agency said Monday. Read more
Teen Hacker Arrested: Uber, Rockstar
The City of London police announced that they have arrested a 17-year-old teen from Oxfordshire suspected of being involved in recent cyberattacks. There are no details about the investigation, but the arrest is believed to be tied to the Lapsus$ hacking group, which is suspected to be behind recent cyberattacks on Uber, Rockstar Games, and 2K. Read more
Australia: Massive Breach
Last week, Australian telecommunications giant Optus revealed about 10 million customers – about 40% of the population – had personal data stolen in what it calls a cyber-attack. Some experts say it may be the worst data breach in Australia’s history. Read more
Russia: Impersonating News Outlets
Facebook parent Meta says it has disrupted a large Russian network of fake accounts impersonating European news outlets to push a pro-Kremlin view of the war in Ukraine. The network promoted links to its websites using fake accounts on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Telegram and Russia’s LiveJournal as well as petition websites including Change.org. Read more
