Nestlé has denied claims that hacking group Anonymous have published sensitive information they hacked from the company. ‘The data is not real or sensitive, wasn’t stolen, and was accidentally leaked by itself via one of its own websites.’ Nestlé told The Register.
Nestlé explained the breach is the result of a February incident, ‘when some randomized and predominantly publicly available test data of a B2B nature was unintentionally made accessible online for a short period of time on a single business test website.’
The denial comes after Anonymous claimed that it had leaked 10 GB of data belonging to Nestlé as part of its actions against Western companies that are still operating in Russia.
The FBI has warned the US energy sector about ‘network scanning activity’ coming from different Russia-based IP addresses in an advisory obtained by AP. The advisory notes that Russian hackers have recently scanned the networks of at least 5 US energy companies and at least 18 other companies in sectors including the defence industrial base and financial services in possible preparation for cyberattacks.
‘This scanning activity has increased since the start of the Russia/Ukraine conflict, leading to a greater possibility of future intrusions,’ the advisory elaborates, further explaining that ‘While the FBI recognizes that scanning activity is common on a network, these reported IPs have been previously identified as conducting activity in conjunction with active exploitation of a foreign victim, which resulted in destruction of the victim’s systems.’
Cyberattacks against Russian information resources are still occurring, and they are growing more sophisticated., said Rostelecom chief Mikhail Oseyevsky.
‘Unprecedented cyber-attacks continue, becoming more sophisticated. <…>. We see that attack vectors are constantly changing, new resources are being used, we are facing with new challenges,’ stated Oseyevsky.
According to TASS, ‘Oseevsky added that offers had been disclosed in the Tor browser to buy information from employees of large Russian companies for bitcoins.’
Russian-based meat producer and distributor Miratorg Agribusiness Holding confirmed that it was the target of a cyberattack. According to BleepingComputer, Russian federal veterinary and phytosanitary supervision service Rosselkhoznadzor explained that information systems of a number of Miratog’s subsidiaries were encrypted with BitLocker. According to Rosselkhoznadzor, the most likely point of compromise is VetIS, the state information system used by companies in the field of veterinary medicine, which suggests this was a supply chain attack. Miratog is working towards restoring the normal functioning of its business.
The hacking group Anonymous announced that it had leaked 10 GB of data belonging to Nestlé as part of its actions against Western companies that are still operating in Russia.
‘The Anonymous collective has leaked the database of the largest food company in the world, Nestlé,’ the group tweeted, further explaining that the material supplied contained 10GB of emails, passwords, and client information.The attack comes after the group urged all companies that are still operating in Russia to stop operations or be targeted by the group.
Russia’s telecoms watchdog Roskomnadzor blocked access to all Euronews materials at the request of the Russian prosecutor general’s office.
‘The foreign media outlet has systematically posted unreliable and publicly significant information on a special military operation being carried out by the Russian Armed Forces, as well as information containing calls for people to participate in mass (public) events held in violation of the regulations established in the Russian Federation,’ Roskomnadzor stated.
The State Duma is not working on a legislative initiative to restrict the use of VPN services to access Instagram and Facebook which are blocked in Russia, clarified Alexander Khinshtein, the head of the State Duma Committee on Information Policy, Information Technology, and Communications. Interfax quotes Khinshtein as stating that introducing liability for the use of VPNs by Russian citizens is hopeless. Khinshtein also stated that the legislator is willing to debate a different point of view with the government.
Russia is, however, blocking VPN services, and according to Khinshtein’s prior statement, dozens of VPN services have already been disabled.
The State Duma (the lower house of the Federal Assembly of Russia) adopted amendments to the legislation on liability for false information about the work of Russian state bodies.
For ‘public dissemination of knowingly false information under the guise of reliable reports, which is aimed at discrediting the performance of the powers by Russian state bodies outside the Russian Federation’ offenders will pay a fine of 700,000 to 1.5 million rubles or serve a prison term of up to 3 years.
For committing the same offence but ‘with the abuse of power, or by a group of persons, or “by artificially producing prosecutorial evidence,” or “for personal gain,” or “for reasons of political, ideological, racial, ethnic, or religious hatred or enmity,”’ offenders will pay a fine from 3 to 5 million rubles or serve a prison term of 5-10 years.
If any of these offences result in grave consequences, offenders would serve a prison term of 15 years.
Russia will create a marketplace for domestic apps on the Android platform, stated Maksut Shadayev, Russia’s Minister of Digital Development. The proposal for the creation of the marketplace comes after several retailers and services in Russia ceased operations as a result of the sanctions. The aim is to minimise risks for individuals who possess devices that utilise this operating system. Risks remain for iOS users, and Shadayev noted the government is in contact with Apple on this issue. ‘Therefore, we’re going to hope that iPhones won’t turn into bricks here,’ Shadayev stated.
Russian media should not display the logos of Meta Platforms and its social networks Facebook and Instagram, Russia’s telecommunications watchdog Roskomnadzor stated for TASS. Roskomnadzor further noted that Russian media must label Meta as a banned organisation. Facebook and Instagram will be removed from the register of social networks in Russia, while Meta will be excluded from the list of foreign entities operating on the internet.
Earlier in the day, Moscow’s Tverskoy District Court recognised the activities of Facebook and Instagram as extremist and banned the operations of their parent company, Meta Platforms, in Russia.
