In the early hours of May 9, hackers associated with Ukraine hacked into the website of a major Russian news outlet, Lenta.ru. It featured the publication “Putin must go. He unleashed a senseless war and is leading Russia into the abyss” and other similar ones. So, in particular, in the morning on the site materials […]
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Cyber attack on ΕΛΤΑ: some services will be unavailable today
In Greek post offices ΕΛΤΑ on March 22, some services will become unavailable due to a hacker attack on information systems. Postal branches will not be able to provide financial services, accept payment of bills. However, the cyber attack did not affect ELTA Courier, so the service will continue to operate as usual, including the […]
Explosive rise in cyberattacks in 2021
The number of cyberattacks is growing both globally and in Greece, where there were 21% more cyberattacks last year compared to 2020, and in absolute numbers 485 incidents per week in public and private organizations, according to a survey by the American company Check Point . But the increase in attacks on corporate networks around […]
10 million COSMOTE and OTE fine for leaking the personal data of millions of consumers
The Data Protection Authority imposed a €6,000,000 fine on Cosmote and €3,250,000 on OTE for leaking the personal data of millions of consumers. Following COSMOTE’s notification of the personal data breach incident that was identified in early September 2020, the agency investigated the circumstances and, in this context, examined the legality of storing “leaked” files, […]
10 million COSMOTE and OTE fine for leaking personal data of millions of customers
The Data Protection Authority imposed a €6,000,000 fine on Cosmote and €3,250,000 on OTE for leaking the personal data of millions of consumers. Upon notification to COSMOTE of the personal data breach incident that was identified in early September 2020, the agency investigated the circumstances and, in this context, examined the legality of holding “leaked” […]