Sunday, 30 November 2025

The Dutch voting aid website Kieskompas appeared to be the victim of a DDoS attack yesterday as hackers attempted to take the website offline. The Stemwijzer website was also experiencing problems due to DDOS attacks. Meanwhile, tweets with the hashtag #Naziholland were spread by hundreds of Twitter accounts on Wednesday, including those of the European parliament and singer Caro Emerald. Commenting on this news below is Stephen Gates, Chief Research Intelligence Analyst at NSFOCUS IB:

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Officials in ten states including Vermont, Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, Idaho, Illinois, Kansas, Maine and Oklahoma have all reported a security breach which has accessed the information of the states' job seekers. The third party vendor, America’s Joblink Alliance, which operates the Joblink nationwide database has notified the states that the job seeker service had been compromised by malicious software.

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Cisco Live, Melbourne, AU and Tinton Falls, NJ: Commvault has announced the integration of its Commvault Data Platform and IntelliSnap® technology for FlashStack™, ​a flexible, converged infrastructure solution​ offered jointly by Cisco and Pure Storage, combining the latest in compute, network, and storage hardware into a single, integrated architecture.​ By providing the data protection layer for FlashStack with IntelliSnap integration, Commvault is working with Pure Storage and Cisco to address the ongoing shift from the traditional silo approach of separate servers, storage, and networking equipment to a pre-designed, pre-engineered, tested and optimized solution that provides organizations with a high performance, scalable infrastructure for deploying mission-critical workloads.

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Poll results announced this from Prevalent, Inc. show that New NY State Cybersecurity Regulations Are Driving Financial Services Organizations to Action - but more than a third aren't fully clear on what they need to do. The regulations are widely considered to be a potential US national model for cybersecurity requirements.

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  1. Lastline datasec expert on Joblink breach (job seekers' info breached - 10 states)
  2. Building society uses analytics software to meet regulatory requirements
  3. Ground Control teams complete de-veg on exciting project for Costain
  4. BSIA endorses the national surveillance camera strategy for England and Wales
  5. On track of the times: Realise the potential of your company fleet
  6. New cabling regulation to affect manufacturers, distributors and installers
  7. IoT Security Expert: "FDA needs tech industry's advice" (Abbott's St. Jude's pacemakers)
  8. ECA launches CSR survey with Considerate Constructors Scheme
  9. Twitter accounts of ABC News and Good Morning America were targeted by hackers recently
  10. OF FOOLS OF THE MIDDLE BELT, ONE NORTH AND PASTORAL JIHADISM...WAKE UP, O YE FOOLS AND SLEEPERS!
  11. Where was Aisha Buhari when idiot Kumapayi flagrantly violated the dignity of the daughters of Nigeria?
  12. UKCloud launches Disaster Recovery to the Cloud service
  13. ADG Holdings bolsters security protection with TrapX DeceptionGrid
  14. ExtraHop combines analytics and low-cost storage to deliver intelligent workflows at scale
  15. US and UK cyberCrime Eeperts join NEUSTAR CONNECT: EMEA Security Summit



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