Author Archives: Dissent

Bombay High Count Orders Department of Telecommunications to Block Medusa Accounts After Generali Insurance Data Breach

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If the court continues issuing such injunctions, the Department of Telecommunications may need an entire department and staff just to respond to these situations. Should the responsibility be on the DoT, or is there a better way? Azdhan reports: The Bo… Continue reading Bombay High Count Orders Department of Telecommunications to Block Medusa Accounts After Generali Insurance Data Breach→

Cyber-Attack On Bectu’s Parent Union Sparks UK National Security Concerns

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Jake Kanter reports:  The cyber-attack on Prospect, the parent union of film and TV group Bectu, has sparked fears that it could have compromised information pertaining to the UK’s national security. Deadline revealed earlier this month that the majori… Continue reading Cyber-Attack On Bectu’s Parent Union Sparks UK National Security Concerns→

Attorney General James Announces Settlement with Wojeski & Company Accounting Firm

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Wojeski & Company suffered a ransomware attack, and then an insider breach when an employee of a firm hired to investigate the breach inappropriately accessed data. Employees were also transmitting data to external accounts without authorization. T… Continue reading Attorney General James Announces Settlement with Wojeski & Company Accounting Firm→

Romanian prisoner hacks prison IT system in plot made for a Netflix movie

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Over on Risky Biz News, Catalin Cimpanu has a great write-up about how a Romanian prisoner hacked the country’s prison management platform. He writes: The incident took place in August and continued through October. From various reports in Romani… Continue reading Romanian prisoner hacks prison IT system in plot made for a Netflix movie→

JFL Lost Up to $800,000 Weekly After Cyberattack, CEO Says No Patient or Staff Data Was Compromised

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Juan F. Luis Hospital CEO Darlene A. Baptiste says no personal data was stolen in the April cyberattack that forced the hospital offline for months, causing major billing delays, financial losses, and a massive system rebuild now nearly complete. Ernic… Continue reading JFL Lost Up to $800,000 Weekly After Cyberattack, CEO Says No Patient or Staff Data Was Compromised→

Hackers Say They Have Personal Data of Thousands of NSA and Other Government Officials

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Joseph Cox reports: A hacking group that recently doxed hundreds of government officials, including from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), has now built dossiers on tens of thousands of U.S. govern… Continue reading Hackers Say They Have Personal Data of Thousands of NSA and Other Government Officials→

John Bolton Indictment Provides Interesting Details About Hack of His AOL Account and Extortion Attempt

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Kim Zetter reports: The investigation into former national security advisor John Bolton’s handling of classified material stemmed in part from an admission Bolton made to the FBI in July 2021 that hackers – believed to be from Iran – had breached… Continue reading John Bolton Indictment Provides Interesting Details About Hack of His AOL Account and Extortion Attempt→

UK: ‘Catastrophic’ attack as Russians hack files on EIGHT MoD bases and post them on the dark web

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Lydia Veljanovski and Sean Rayment report: Russian hackers have stolen hundreds of sensitive military documents containing details of eight RAF and Royal Navy bases as well as Ministry of Defence staff names and emails – and posted them on the dark web… Continue reading UK: ‘Catastrophic’ attack as Russians hack files on EIGHT MoD bases and post them on the dark web→

A business’s cyber insurance policy included ransom coverage, but when they needed it, the insurer refused to pay. Why?

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Allardyce Bower Consulting paid more than $14,000 for a cyber insurance policy that included ransom coverage, but when they needed it, the insurer refused to pay. Had the business made a grave error in security? Over on SuspectFile, Marco A. De Felice … Continue reading A business’s cyber insurance policy included ransom coverage, but when they needed it, the insurer refused to pay. Why?→