Collaborate Disseminate
Overview and Background This is the first of what will likely be several updates to this site’s exclusive reporting on the “BlueLeaks 2.0” incident that exposed anonymous and sensitive tips by and about students on a platform that pro… Continue reading BlueLeaks 2.0: 7,300+ Schools, Referral Systems Reported, and a Breach Navigate360 Still Hasn’t Publicly Confirmed
Ann-Marie Corvin reports: Cheap tech just keeps on exposing NATO warships. In the latest example, a journalist was able to send a Bluetooth tracker to a Dutch frigate. Just Vervaart, working for regional broadcaster Omroep Gelderland, hid the $5 Blueto… Continue reading Dutch warship compromised with $5 tracker and a postcard
Phil Muncaster reports: Next.js developer Vercel has confirmed a cyber-incident conducted by a “highly sophisticated” attacker which may have resulted in threat actors getting hold of sensitive internal data. The US firm, which provides developer tool… Continue reading Vercel Confirms Cyber Incident After Sophisticated Attacker Exploits Third‑Party Tool
And then there were three…. A third man has pleaded guilty to conspiring with two other cybersecurity professionals and BlackCat to use BlackCat’s ransomware and negotiation platform to target U.S. firms. Ryan Goldberg of Georgia and Kevin … Continue reading Florida Man Working as a Ransomware Negotiator Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Deploy Ransomware and Extort U.S. Victims
Dysruption Hub reports: Minidoka Memorial Hospital in Rupert, Idaho, said a cyber incident on Easter morning, April 5, limited imaging services and led to some emergency patient transfers, though the hospital and its clinics continued treating patients… Continue reading Minidoka Memorial Hospital updates Easter morning cyberattack
Alberto Payo reports: A cybersecurity company based in Mexico, BePrime, was reportedly the victim of a cyberattack that allegedly resulted in the leak of 12.6 GB of data and access to network infrastructure and video surveillance, according to informat… Continue reading Breach at BE PRIME cybersecurity company exposes client data and surveillance systems; Be Prime threatens journalists
Long-term follow-ups are important, and DataBreaches is glad that Alexander Martin points out that at least one NHS Trust is still impacted by the Qilin ransomware attack on Synnovis in 2024. From his reporting: At South London and Maudsley NHS Foundat… Continue reading Qilin’s 2024 attack on NHS vendor continues to impact patient care for one NHS Trust
Daryna Antoniuk reports: Hackers have targeted Ukrainian hospitals and local government bodies in a new espionage campaign using a malware tool dubbed AgingFly, researchers say. Ukraine’s computer emergency response team (CERT-UA) said the activity was… Continue reading Ukrainian emergency services and hospitals hit by espionage campaign using new AgingFly malware
Jason Henry reports: The Los Angeles County Office of Education is investigating the possibility that bad actors gained access to the electronic tax documents of teachers and administrators after employees at schools around the county received letters … Continue reading Tax documents for school employees potentially stolen across Los Angeles County
There’s an update to a lawsuit involving Blue Cross Blue Shield of Montana’s parent company, HCSC, and Montana’s state auditor. As previously reported, after BCBSMT notified the state of the Conduent breach that had affected 462,000 m… Continue reading Judge lets state auditor’s investigation into data breach affecting Blue Cross Blue Shield members move forward