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Will Courtney reports: Days after an anonymous hacker group claimed they had leaked an additional 50,000 Anchorage Neighborhood Health Center patient records, an FBI spokesperson confirmed Monday they are aware of the claim. “The FBI Anchorage Field Of… Continue reading FBI ‘aware’ of Anchorage health clinic data breach as hackers claim 60K patients impacted
Paul Kunert reports: Beijing will soon expect Chinese network operators to ‘fess up to serious cyber incidents within an hour of spotting them – or risk penalties for dragging their feet. From November 1, the Cyberspace Administration of China (C… Continue reading China slaps 1-hour deadline on reporting serious cyber incidents
James Rodger reports: Jaguar Land Rover has issued an update on job security in the wake of the crippling cyber attack. JLR has extended its production shut down in the wake of the cyber attack, with the Birmingham car giant hit by a debilitating cyber… Continue reading Jaguar Land Rover issues update on job safety after cyber attack
Alexander Martin reports: Finnish prosecutors have charged a second individual — U.S. national Daniel Lee Newhard — with attempted extortion of the Vastaamo psychotherapy center. The Finnish Prosecution Service announced on Monday it had charged Newhar… Continue reading US national charged in Finnish psychotherapy center extortion
From the U.S. Department of Justice: John Murray Rowe Jr., 67, of Lead, South Dakota, was sentenced today to 126 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release and a $25,000 fine for attempted espionage. The defendant was charged by ind… Continue reading Former Defense Contractor Sentenced to Over 10 Years in Prison for Attempted Espionage
On September 11, DataBreaches broke the story that customers of several high-end fashion brands owned by Paris-headquartered Kering had their personal information acquired by ShinyHunters as part of two Salesforce attacks. As we reported, a spokesperso… Continue reading Update: Kering confirms Gucci and other brands hacked; claims no conversations with hackers?
On September 11, after posting a lengthy “Goodbye” message on BreachForums[.]hn and linking to it on Telegram, the individuals calling themselves Scattered LAPSUS$ Hunters 4.0 seemed to have some difficulty with sticking to the “going… Continue reading Hackers claim access to law enforcement portals, but do they really have access?
Here’s another whistleblower suit recently filed. Ashley Capoot reports: Alphabet’s health tech subsidiary, Verily, used the health data of more than 25,000 patients without authorization and actively covered up those violations, a former company… Continue reading Alphabet’s Verily covered up HIPAA violations, whistleblower says in lawsuit
The Guardian recently reported: A former top cybersecurity executive at WhatsApp filed a lawsuit on Monday alleging that parent company Meta disregarded internal flaws in the app’s digital defenses and exposed billions of its users. He says the company… Continue reading Ex-WhatsApp cybersecurity executive says Meta endangered billions of users in new suit
KSAT reports: The Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District will close for most of next week after the district detected ransomware in its servers, according to district officials. The district will close from Sept. 15-18 and will exchange the da… Continue reading Uvalde CISD to close most of next week due to ransomware issue