Airbus has revealed they recently experienced a cyber-attack that resulted in compromised employee information. In a recently published statement, Airbus claimed they detected a cyber intrusion on Airbus “Commercial Aircraft business” information systems, resulting in unauthorized access to data. The aerospace giant recognized the need to comply with the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) and disclosed the breach to regulators within 72-hours of discovering the incident.

Officials based out of the City of Del Rio, Texas, were forced to abandon all electronic services and go back to the days of pen and paper after a ransomware attack rendered City Hall servers useless. The city was struck by the ransomware last Thursday, January 10, and the City’s M.I.S.

This week Reddit locked down some user accounts after detecting unusual activity on those accounts. The lockout occurred as a result of Reddit’s security team investigating attempts to log into users’ accounts through a credential stuffing attack. In a post published by Reddit, the company claims the issue stems from users’ use of simple passwords or the reuse of credentials across multiple website and services.

NAPLES, Fla., Jan. 9, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- New Net Technologies (NNT), today's thought leader in security and IT service management, announced significant advancements to its cyber security portfolio with the release of Vulnerability Tracker™. Through a strategic collaboration with Greenbone Networks, NNT will advance their security through system integrity strategy with distributed, fast and accurate Enterprise-Class vulnerability scanning.