A massive data leak stemming from a cyber-attack on a third-party subcontractor has affected Swiss banks UBS and Pictet, as well as over a dozen other multinational companies, potentially including auditing firm KPMG. Unhinged cybercriminals attributed to the attack on Swiss-based Chain IQ have leaked over 130,000 UBS employee records on the dark web, including the company CEO Sergio Ermotti’s personal information. Baar-based ChainIQ operates in New York, USA; London, U.K.; Singapore, Singapor
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Six Group counts its profit in millions, but the financial pipework it controls moves billions. Its operations, which include the Spanish and Swiss stock exchanges, count as critical national infrastructure and this gives it a close relationship with governments and regulators in Madrid and Zurich. Those relationships are critical in an age where digital warfare makes financial infrastructure a prime target for hackers linked to hostile states. Jos Dijsselhof, the Dutch chief executive of the
A Swiss hacker says she found a copy of the FBI's "no-fly" list on an unsecured server. The 2019 list, with over 1.5 million entries, includes an overwhelming number of Muslim passengers. The server, maintained by CommuteAir, also held private employee data, such as passport numbers. The FBI Terrorism Screening Center's secret "no-fly" list just got a lot less mysterious thanks to a bored Swiss hacker who was exploring unsecured servers in her free time.
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