Western Digital cloud breach and the MSI ransomware hack
Western Digital cloud services hit by massive data breach, car owner sues Tesla over privacy intrusion and the MSI ransomware attack. Catch all this and more in this week’s edition of Cybersecurity Weekly.
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1. Western Digital suffers a massive cloud service breach and offers a workaround
Western Digital has provided customers with a workaround to access their files locally after a widespread outage hit the Western Digital cloud services. Since April 2nd, users have been unable to access files stored on their WD NAS devices, which required access to the company's cloud services. Affected services include My Cloud (standard, OS 5, Home and Home Duo versions), SanDisk ibi, SanDisk Ixpand Wireless Charger, and linked desktop, mobile, and web apps. The company also experienced a network breach on March 26th but has yet to confirm whether this is linked to the current outage.
2. Tesla hit with lawsuit over alleged privacy breach
In a prospective class action lawsuit, a California Tesla owner has accused the company of violating the privacy of its customers. The Tesla lawsuit was filed on Friday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, a day after Reuters reported that groups of Tesla employees shared highly invasive visuals recorded by customers’ car cameras via an internal messaging system between 2019 and 2022. The lawsuit claims that Tesla employees accessed the videos and images for their sick and tasteless entertainment. The plaintiff is seeking to represent similarly-affected people who leased or owned within the last four years.
3. PC maker MSI confirms breach following ransomware attack
MSI recently disclosed that its network was breached in a cyberattack following reports of a ransomware attack by the Money Message ransomware gang. MSI stated that some of its information service systems had been affected by a cyberattack, reported to the relevant authorities. The cyberattack has had no "significant" operational and financial impact, and security enhancements have been implemented. The Money Message ransomware group has demanded a $4 million ransom payment, threatening to release stolen documents from MSI's network if its demands are not met. MSI urges its users to obtain firmware/BIOS updates only from its official website.
4. Amazon bans Flipper Zero, labels it as a card-skimming device
Amazon has banned the multi-purpose Flipper Zero device that can open garage doors, unlock car doors, intercept someone’s computer, spoof Bluetooth signals and even alter price signs at gas stations. The product is now prohibited from sale, with Amazon categorizing it as a card-skimming device. Flipper Zero's co-creator, Alex Kulagin, stated that the device is not meant to be used for illegal activities but is intended for educational purposes and test environments.
5. Samsung personnel found to have leaked sensitive data to ChatGPT
Samsung employees reportedly shared confidential information with OpenAI's ChatGPT, causing security breaches. Workers leaked secret data after Samsung's semiconductor division permitted engineers to use the chatbot. Reports reveal that Samsung tried to minimize the chances of future errors by limiting the length of employees' ChatGPT prompts to a kilobyte and building its own chatbot. OpenAI warns users not to share secret information as it uses prompts to train its models.
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In this Series
- Western Digital cloud breach and the MSI ransomware hack
- Canada Flipper Zero ban and new RustDoor macOS malware
- AnyDesk hack and iPhone patched kernel flaw
- Tesla Pwn2Own hacks and iOS push alerts abuse
- TeamViewer breach and Atlassian Jira outage
- Moscow ISP revenge hack and Microsoft Sharepoint bug warning
- X verified accounts hack and SpectralBlur macOS malware
- CISA default password alert and SOHO KV-botnet campaign
- New 5G modem flaws and Apple’s data breach report
- Staples cyberattack, Agent Racoon backdoor and other news
- British Library ransomware attack, Windows fingerprint authentication bypass
- Samsung UK data breach and ransomware actor’s SEC complaint
- ICBC ransomware attack and ChatGPT outage
- Boeing Lockbit ransomware attack, Apple’s vulnerability and WhatsApp mods spyware
- Octo Tempest hacking group and new iLeakage attack
- Okta support system breach and Google Ads fake KeePass campaign
- Skype DarkGate malware, Shadow PC breach and AvosLocker ransomware warning
- 23andMe data theft, MGM’s $100M ransomware loss and the Azure VM breach
- Malicious Bing Chat ads and FBI’s dual ransomware warning
- T-Mobile app glitch and fake Booking.com pages
- Airbus data leak, Cisco Webex ad malware and €345 million TikTok fine
- New Apple iMessage exploit and CISA’s Apache RocketMQ warning
- Forever 21 data breach and Android BadBazaar espionage
- Duolingo data leak and the Met Police IT hack
- Discord.io data breach and Ivanti Avalanche vulnerabilities
- UK Electoral Commission hack and Microsoft’s role in China email breach
- Salesforce email zero-day exploit and Microsoft Power Platform criticism
- Airlines disclose pilot data breach and the Microsoft Teams bug
- GravityRAT Android Trojan and new MOVEit Transfer flaw
- University of Manchester hack and Honda API flaws
- MOVEit zero-day exploit and the U.S. iPhone hack accusation
- Daam Android virus and Barracuda zero-day flaw
- TP-Link router exploit and 18-year-old charged with hacking DraftKings accounts
- Discord support hack and Toyota location data leak
- Twitter private tweets bug and Cisco phone router vulnerabilities
- Cisco XSS zero-day flaw and PaperCut vulnerabilities
- 3CX hackers hit critical infrastructure and secondhand routers cause security concerns
- Hyundai data breach and Microsoft’s warning to accountants
- TMX loan data breach, Italy bans ChatGPT and WordPress Elementor Pro exploit
- ChatGPT data leak and Gmail message theft by North Korean hackers
- U.S. federal agency hack and the return of FakeCalls Android malware
- Massive AT&T data breach and fake jobs targeting security researchers
- U.S. Marshals service breach and TPM 2.0 security flaws
- Dangerous ChatGPT apps and food giant Dole ransomware attack
- GoDaddy malware installations, record-breaking DDoS attack and the new WhiskerSpy malware
- Reddit’s employees phished, healthcare firms targeted and the new Screenshotter malware
- JD Sports data breached, VMware ESXi servers attacked and the HeadCrab malware
- Yandex source code leaked, 4500+ WordPress sites hacked and the new SwiftSlicer malware
- PayPal accounts breached, Fortinet VPN flaw exploited, and the new Hook malware
- Twitter users’ emails leaked, ChatGPT used to write malware and Slack’s repository breach
- Uber data leaked, 48 DDoS-for-hire domains seized and Facebook posts phishing attack
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