Collaborate Disseminate
Dutch News reports: There are “strong indications” that Russia was behind a cyber attack on the Dutch public prosecution department’s internal systems, justice ministry sources have told the AD. The affected systems contain sensitive information on ong… Continue reading Russia suspected of hacking Dutch prosecution service systems
Kim Su-jeong reports: The Personal Information Protection Commission announced on the 24th that it imposed a penalty surcharge of 343 million won [USD $250,136.73] on HAESUNG DS, a semiconductor parts company, after it left vulnerabilities in its netwo… Continue reading Korea imposes 343 million won penalty on HAESUNG DS for data breach of 70,000 shareholders
How many times have we read that paying a threat actor’s extortion demands only encourages more financially motivated crime and doesn’t ensure that the data won’t be retained or re-sold or leaked? Those making that argument appear to … Continue reading Paying cyberattackers is wrong, right? Should Taos County’s incident be an exception?
Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced a settlement with Syracuse ASC, LLC doing business as Specialty Surgery Center of Central New York, for potential violations of the Health Insurance … Continue reading HHS OCR Settles HIPAA Ransomware Investigation with Syracuse ASC for $250k plus corrective action plan
In February, DataBreaches reported that an incident involving Australia IVF giant Genea was the work of the Termite gang, who had posted proof of claims and also claimed to have 700 GB of files. Apparently, Genea still hasn’t revealed that to tho… Continue reading IVF provider Genea notifies patients about the cyberattack earlier this year.
More details have emerged on the arrest of an alleged XSS.is administrator by Ukrainian cyber police. The seizure notice has now appeared on the .onion version of the forum, and threads have been totally removed. As of the time of this update, and whil… Continue reading Key figure behind major Russian-speaking cybercrime forum targeted in Ukraine
Rochdi Rais reports: The Clorox Company and its subsidiary, Clorox Services Co., today filed a $380 million lawsuit in California state court against Cognizant Worldwide Ltd. and its New Jersey affiliate, Cognizant Technology Solutions US Corp. The co… Continue reading Clorox Files $380M Suit Alleging Cognizant Gave Hackers Passwords in Catastrophic 2023 Cyberattack
The Moscow Times reports: A wave of coordinated cyberattacks has paralyzed the digital systems of several major Russian restaurant chains and food service providers, the Vedomosti business daily reported. The attacks, which began on July 18, targeted n… Continue reading Cyberattacks Paralyze Major Russian Restaurant Chains
The following is a machine translation of an article that originally appeared in French by Sylvain Trinel: The public body that manages employment in France, as well as training and unemployment benefits, has been the victim of a “malicious act,&… Continue reading France Travail: At least 340,000 job seekers victims of new hack
Over on SuspectFile, Marco A. De Felice (@amvinfe) considers the troubling use of injunctions, SLAPP suits, and superinjunctions that prohibit the press from performing its duty to inform the public on matters of importance. The topic was back in the … Continue reading Legal Silence and Chilling Effects: Injunctions Against the Press in Cybersecurity