Collaborate Disseminate
“IntelBroker” was arrested in France in February, 2025, but news of his arrest was first disclosed today by French authorities. Now the U.S. is revealing its charges against him as they seek his extradition from France. From the U.S. Attor… Continue reading British national “IntelBroker” charged with causing $25 million in damages; U.S. seeks his extradition from France
French version. The English version is below. It’s interesting to note that IntelBroker was described as a British national who was arrested in France in February, 2025 and detained in pre-trial detention. Continue reading France issues press statement about arrest of ShinyHunters members
Jim Ruble writes: In January 2021, a nationwide mail-order pharmacy located in Massachusetts experienced a data breach. The pharmacy discovered the breach in May 2021 and investigated to determine its scope. Personally identifiable information (PII), i… Continue reading Patients Allege Home Delivery Pharmacy Failed to Timely Notify Them of Data Breach
Catalin Cimpanu reports: Unidentified hackers have breached the systems of a Norwegian dam and opened its water valve at full capacity in an incident this April. The incident took place at the Lake Risevatnet dam near the city of Svelgen in Southwest N… Continue reading Hackers breach Norwegian dam, open valve at full capacity
Rebecca Whittaker reports: The death of a patient has been linked to a cyber-attack on the NHS last year. Cyber criminals attacked two major NHS trusts causing more than 1,000 cancer treatment delays, 2,000 outpatient appointments to be cancelled and m… Continue reading Patient death at London hospital linked to cyber attack on NHS
The following are machine-translated bits and pieces from a fuller news story by Jean-Michel Décugis and Damien Licata Caruso: The FBI’s arrest of Conor Brian Fitzpatrick, aka “Pompompurin,” in March 2023 dealt a first blow to “… Continue reading ShinyHunters and team members arrested in France (1)
Joseph J. Lazzarotti and Phillip A. Baggett of JacksonLewis write: On June 20, 2025, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed SB 2610 into law, joining a growing number of states that aim to incentivize sound cybersecurity practices through legislative safe h… Continue reading Texas Enacts Liability Shield From Punitive Damages for Certain Small Businesses That Adopt Cybersecurity Programs
Cianan Brennan reports: Dublin’s Education and Training Board (CDETB) has been fined €125,000 by the Data Protection Commission after the personal details of 13,000 grant applicants were made available to “unauthorised persons”. The commission conclude… Continue reading Dublin ETB fined €125,000 for data protection breaches
More great reporting and analysis by Therese Defino of the Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA): A single incident that may have started as a personal vendetta or an extortion threat seven years ago has cost a Florida health care system $800,000, … Continue reading From $5,000 to $800,000: Days Apart, OCR Security Settlements Show Puzzling Math
With so many cyberattacks being disclosed every day, a lof ot them never get reported on in the media. That’s not necessarily a bad thing, but some of them do contain sensitive personal information or could expose people — or the entity its… Continue reading Liberty Township in Ohio has recovered its network after a ransomware attack