Collaborate Disseminate
It’s so hard to believe that people fall for these scams, but it happens so often that we need to just be more diligent about educating the public and reaching out to family members and friends to educate them — especially those who may not… Continue reading Nigerian National Pleads Guilty to International Fraud Scheme that Defrauded Elderly U.S. Victims
As previously reported, Nova Scotia Power confirmed that it had been the victim of a ransomware attack in March but had not paid the ransom demands. They declined to publicly name the threat group or individual responsible. Their most recent incident u… Continue reading Nova Scotia Power Data Breach Exposed Information of 280,000 Customers
A recent survey of 500 U.S. law firms by Proton reported that one in five law firms were targeted in a cyberattack in the past year, and 8% of law firms (39% of those who reported a cyberattack) reported losing data or suffering exposure. To make mat… Continue reading No need to hack when it’s leaking: Brandt Kettwick Defense edition
SK Telecom continues to deal with the substantial consequences of a data breach affecting its 23 million customers. In early April, the telecom reportedly discovered signs of a massive leak of customers’ universal subscriber identity module (USIM) data… Continue reading SK Telecom to be fined for late data breach report, ordered to waive cancellation fees, criminal investigation into them launched
Bloomberg reports: Louis Vuitton Korea suffered a cyberattack that compromised some customer data, the second time in recent months that hackers have targeted the world’s largest luxury group. The Korean unit of LVMH’s flagship brand said an “unauthori… Continue reading Louis Vuitton Korea suffers cyberattack as customer data leaked
At the beginning of 2025, it appeared that Hunters International was abandoning encrypting victims and was re-branding as World Leaks. But Hunters kept updating their leak site with new encryption incidents instead of going extortion-only and becoming … Continue reading Hunters International to provide free decryptors for all victims as they shut down
Hunton Andrews Kurth writes: In a surprising development in the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s (“SEC’s”) ongoing securities fraud case against SolarWinds Corp. (“SolarWinds”) and its former chief information security officer (“CISO”), Timothy … Continue reading SEC and SolarWinds Seek Settlement in Securities Fraud Case
IranWire reports: Iran’s subsidized bread distribution system remains crippled two weeks after cyberattacks targeted major banks, leaving bakers unable to access payments and forcing authorities to reimpose restrictions on bread sales. The disruption a… Continue reading Cyberattacks Disrupt Iran’s Bread Distribution, Payments Remain Frozen
Suzanne Smalley reports: A hacktivist with a “political agenda” broke into Columbia University IT systems and stole “targeted” student data in recent weeks, a university official said Tuesday. It is unclear how long the hacker was in university systems… Continue reading Hacker with ‘political agenda’ stole data from Columbia, university says
Aman Mishra reports: A shadowy group known as Keymous+ has emerged as a formidable force in the cyber landscape, claiming responsibility for over 700 Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks in 2025 alone. Operating with a self-proclaimed identity … Continue reading Keymous+ Hacker Group Claims Responsibility for Over 700 Global DDoS Attacks