Kosovo National Pleads Guilty To Operating An Online Criminal Marketplace

There’s an update on a previously reported case: Tampa, Florida – United States Attorney Gregory W. Kehoe announces that Liridon Masurica (33, Gjilan, Kosovo), also known as “@blackdb,” has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit access device fra… Continue reading Kosovo National Pleads Guilty To Operating An Online Criminal Marketplace→

“LockerGoga,” “MegaCortex,” and “Nefilim” Ransomware Administrator Charged with Ransomware Attacks

Defendant Used Ransomware to Attack Hundreds of Victims Worldwide; Proactive Law Enforcement Action Led to Prevention and Decryption Earlier today, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York unsealed a superseding indictment charging … Continue reading “LockerGoga,” “MegaCortex,” and “Nefilim” Ransomware Administrator Charged with Ransomware Attacks→

English Court of Appeal Rules on Compensation for Data Breaches

There’s an update to Farley v Equiniti. Ann Bevitt and Morgan McCormack of Cooley write: The English Court of Appeal has handed down an important judgment in Farley v. Paymaster (Equiniti) [1] on when compensation may be claimed for nonmaterial d… Continue reading English Court of Appeal Rules on Compensation for Data Breaches→

MO: City of St. Joseph hit by cyberattack, data potentially acquired in breach

Cameron Montemayor reports:  Multiple sources and documents obtained via public records requests indicate the city suffered a significant cyberattack in early June, an incident that crippled network services for an extended period of time and potential… Continue reading MO: City of St. Joseph hit by cyberattack, data potentially acquired in breach→

Vietnam’s national credit registration and reporting agency hacked; most of the population affected

Some data breaches make headlines for the number of people affected globally, such as a Facebook scraping incident in 2019 that affected 553 million people worldwide. Then there are breaches that affect a country’s entire population or much of it… Continue reading Vietnam’s national credit registration and reporting agency hacked; most of the population affected→

CISA Delays Cyber Incident Reporting Rule for Critical Infrastructure

Ashden Fein, Micaela McMurrough, Caleb Skeath, and John Webster Leslie of Covington and Burling write: The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (“CISA”) plans to delay the publication of its much-anticipated cybersecurity incident repo… Continue reading CISA Delays Cyber Incident Reporting Rule for Critical Infrastructure→

CISA orders federal agencies to patch Sitecore zero-day following hacking reports

Jonathan Greig reports: Federal civilian agencies have until September 25 to patch a vulnerability in popular content management system Sitecore after incident responders said they disrupted a recent attack involving the bug. Sitecore published a bulle… Continue reading CISA orders federal agencies to patch Sitecore zero-day following hacking reports→