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Love, Bonito alerts customers to data breach
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (477+ words) Published Jul 30, 2026, 09:53 PM Updated Jul 30, 2026, 10:51 PM SINGAPORE – The personal data of some customers of home-grown fashion label Love, Bonito may have been compromised in a recent data breach. In an e-mail sent to affected customers on July 30 and seen by…...
Think-tank claiming to be S’pore-based used AI-generated profiles
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (1220+ words) Despite the Institute of East Asia Strategic Studies’ claims that it was set up in 2019, The Straits Times was unable to find any registration records for it. Published Jul 17, 2026, 12:48 PM Updated Jul 17, 2026, 01:20 PM SINGAPORE – A think-tank claiming to be based…...
AI now carries out cyber attacks with little human input: Report
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (837+ words) Vice-President at Check Point Research, Lotem Finkelstein at Check Point Engage 2026 media roundtable on July 14, 2026. Published Jul 14, 2026, 09:19 PM SINGAPORE – For the first time, artificial intelligence tools have automated significant parts of cyber intrusions over the past 12 months, according to a…...
Systems infected by malware in S’pore more than double in 2025: CSA
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (839+ words) The increase was driven by persistent malicious activity and improved detection of botnet devices. Published Jun 30, 2026, 05:28 PM Updated Jun 30, 2026, 07:41 PM SINGAPORE - The number of malware-infected systems detected in Singapore more than doubled to 284,300 in 2025, driven by persistent malicious activity and…...
Hacking group claims major hack of Novo Nordisk and attempted $32 million extortion
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (405+ words) Published Jun 17, 2026, 08:10 AM COPENHAGEN – A cyber extortion group claimed on June 16 to have stolen more than a terabyte of data from pharmaceutical giant Novo Nordisk and said it is exploring selling parts of the data after unsuccessfully demanding US$25 million…...
Hackers block access to platform used by thousands of US schools
4+ mon, 6+ day ago (231+ words) Published May 08, 2026, 07:29 AM WASHINGTON - US universities including Harvard, Stanford and thousands of other institutions were hit by a massive cyber hack on May 7, following an earlier data breach. The attack, claimed by ShinyHunters, a well-known cyber extortion group active since…...
Hackers invited to break into security robots, EV chargers, at DEF CON Singapore
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (842+ words) Participants on the second day of the inaugural DEF CON Singapore at the Sands Expo and Convention Centre on April 29. Published Apr 29, 2026, 09:10 PM Updated Apr 29, 2026, 11:51 PM SINGAPORE - A car dashboard’s speedometer is going wild at the behest of hackers. Medical…...
Data of 100,000 leaked from golf club; North Korean hackers suspected
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (169+ words) Published Apr 27, 2026, 10:25 AM SEOUL – Personal information of around 100,000 customers has been leaked from a golf course, prompting a police investigation, sources said on April 26. The Korean National Police Agency is probing the case after the website of Lee & Lee Country…...
Customer info potentially compromised after Booking.com suffers data breach
4+ mon, 4+ week ago (300+ words) Published Apr 15, 2026, 03:03 PM Updated Apr 15, 2026, 05:22 PM SINGAPORE – Unauthorised parties may have accessed customers’ information after travel booking platform Booking.com suffered a data breach. In an e-mail sent to its users and seen by The Straits Times on April 15, the…...
North Korea-linked hack hits largely invisible software that powers online services
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (366+ words) Published Apr 01, 2026, 06:55 AM SEOUL - Hackers linked to North Korea breached behind-the-scenes software that runs many common online functions in an effort to steal login information that could enable further cyber operations, Google said on March 31. “Every time you load a…...