Collaborate Disseminate
Shane Fraser reports: A Saskatoon man who allegedly conspired to install malware, steal login credentials, and mine cryptocurrency from American educational institutions is facing extradition to the United States. The cyberattack accusations were level… Continue reading Saskatoon man facing extradition for cyberattacks on American institutions
Pattaya Mail reports: A civil society group has petitioned a parliamentary committee to investigate a massive data breach after a government agency leaked the national ID numbers and healthcare details of approximately 67.1 million people. Thanarat Kua… Continue reading 67 million Thais exposed in massive data leak, parliament launches probe
Buranond Kijwatanachai reports: Private personal information of nearly 11 million people may have been leaked after a Kyushu power company lost a storage drive earlier this year. According to Asahi Shimbun, the storage drive was discovered missing on 2… Continue reading Power company in Japan fears data breach after losing storage drive containing customer details
Brian Krebs reports: A cybercrime group known as The Gentlemen has emerged as the second most active ransomware gang by victim count, rapidly attracting a talented pool of hackers through an aggressive recruitment strategy that promises affiliates 90 p… Continue reading Who Runs the Ransomware Group ‘The Gentlemen?’
Deon Guillory reports: St. George Fire Protection District No. 2 filed a lawsuit against its former IT security provider, alleging the company’s failures led to a cyberattack that compromised the fire district’s network. The lawsuit, filed March 20 in … Continue reading LA: St. George fire district sues IT company over cyberattack
Genevieve Serra reports: In a shocking breach of privacy, the confidential medical records of almost 3 000 local police officers have been leaked among staff, raising serious concerns about the security of sensitive data within the South African Police… Continue reading ZA: Confidential medical records of 3,000 South African Police Service officers leaked
Sergiu Gatlan reports: CISA has ordered U.S. government agencies to secure their Check Point Remote Access VPN and Mobile Access deployments against a critical vulnerability exploited in zero-day attacks by Qilin ransomware affiliates. Unauthenticated … Continue reading CISA gives feds 3 days to patch Check Point VPN bug exploited as zero-day
NHK News reports: Japan’s National Hospital Organization says hard drives from two hospitals in Hokkaido were listed on auction sites, resulting in a leak of personal information from at least 180,000 patients and employees. The group warns that … Continue reading JP: Hokkaido hospitals data leak may hit 510k, HDDs sold online blamed
Mason Lewsey reports: Thousands of Essex patient records were compromised in a cyber attack linked to a major NHS data breach, MSE has confirmed. Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust revealed that around 2,380 patient test records were stolen in th… Continue reading Essex NHS hospitals records compromised in cyber attack
Waqas reports: Meta has disclosed a security incident involving an Instagram account recovery tool after attackers used a flaw to send password reset links to email addresses that were not connected to the targeted accounts. According to a data breach … Continue reading Instagram Recovery Tool Bug Exposed 20,225 Accounts to Password Reset Abuse