Collaborate Disseminate
There is an update to the case of Maksim Silnikau, who was extradited from Poland to the U.S. in August 2024 to stand trial here. Ionut Arghire reports: The Belarusian creator and administrator of the Ransom Cartel ransomware was sentenced to 16 years… Continue reading Belarusian Ransom Cartel Mastermind Gets 16 Years in Prison
The NL Times reports: Online retailer Bol has warned customers about a data breach involving one of its logistics partners. The company said unauthorized parties accessed the partner’s systems, but emphasized that Bol’s own systems were not… Continue reading Dutch retailer Bol follows De Bijenkorf in warning of data breach as leaked data appears on dark web
Connor Riley Moucka, aka “Waifu” and “Judishe,” was scheduled to stand trial in January 2027. Today, he changed his “not guilty” plea to a guilty plea, and pleaded guilty to four counts of the multi-count indictment…. Continue reading Canadian Man Pleads Guilty to Hacking U.S. Cloud Storage Provider and Extorting Its Customers for Millions
Emma Kirk reports: Updoc patients have been notified their personal information may have been accessed in a security breach. The website is used for 24/7 telehealth services across Australia. Customers were advised there was a “brief period of unauthor… Continue reading AU: Updoc patients notified of security breach where personal information may have been stolen
Dysruption reports on a critical infrastructure attack in Utah that could have caused more damage than some other recent attacks: Sage Water Resources said workers stopped malicious changes to an automated controller at its oilfield wastewater disposal… Continue reading Sage Water Resources says Utah saltwater disposal controller intrusion bypassed pump safeguards
Stolen wallets are still a thing. From the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of Kentucky: July 31, 2026 LEXINGTON, Ky. – An Orlando, Fl., man, Ivory Joe Pruitt, 61, was sentenced on Friday to 63 months imprisonment by U.S. District Judge … Continue reading Florida Man Sentenced for Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud
Miranda Nazzaro reports: More than a dozen Republican attorneys general are calling on OpenAI to preserve records on its models’ recent breach of another company, suggesting the AI firm may have violated state or federal laws in the incident. In a lett… Continue reading Republican attorneys general urge OpenAI to preserve records on Hugging Face breach
SwissInfo.ch reports: Following a cyberattack on the SharePoint servers operated by the Federal Office of Information Technology, Systems and Telecommunication (FOITT), access via the internet has been blocked for people outside the federal administrat… Continue reading Swiss federal IT office hit by cyberattack
The Herald Business reports: Seoul Facilities Corp. has drawn criticism over its plan to offer 5,000 won [$3.50 USD] per affected user in response to a personal data breach involving about 4.62 million people, with questions mounting over whether the c… Continue reading KR: Seoul lawmaker criticizes 5,000-won compensation for 4.62 million-person data breach
Bill Curtis reports: The full names and contact details for more than 100,000 police officers and staff have been leaked on the dark web after a hack, The Times can reveal. As part of a major security breach, hackers compromised data belonging to the M… Continue reading UK: Details of 100,000 police staff leaked on the dark web after hack