A cyberattack on a U.K. accounting firm wound up leaking U.S. patient data. Now what?

DataBreaches would have passed over a listing on LockBit3.0’s site if Brett Callow hadn’t kindly called our attention to it. The listing by the threat actors was for  HSKS Greenhalgh Chartered Accountants and Business Advisors, and LockBit … Continue reading A cyberattack on a U.K. accounting firm wound up leaking U.S. patient data. Now what?

A Hacker Faked His Own Death–Then Claimed To Have Sold Marriott Customer Data To Russians, FBI Says

Thomas Brewster reports: A hacker told the FBI earlier this year that he sold access to the personal data of Marriott hotel customers on a Russian forum, according to a search warrant obtained by Forbes. He also hacked into a number of U.S. state death… Continue reading A Hacker Faked His Own Death–Then Claimed To Have Sold Marriott Customer Data To Russians, FBI Says

LockBit ransomware group assemble strike team to breach banks, law firms and governments.

Kevin Beaumont writes: Recently, I’ve been tracking LockBit ransomware group as they’ve been breaching large enterprises: I thought it would be good to break down what is happening and how they’re doing it, since LockBit are breaching some of the world… Continue reading LockBit ransomware group assemble strike team to breach banks, law firms and governments.

Toronto, Canada: Moneris Hit by Cyber Attack, Medusa Team Demands $6M Ransom

Marco A. De Felice reports: In the past hours, another prominent name in global finance has fallen victim to a cyber attack on its IT infrastructure. This time, the Canadian company Moneris, a technology and financial firm specializing in digital payme… Continue reading Toronto, Canada: Moneris Hit by Cyber Attack, Medusa Team Demands $6M Ransom

FBI knows identities of some U.S. members of “Scattered Spider,” but no arrests so far?

Zeba Siddiqui, Christopher Bing, and Raphael Satter report: The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has struggled to stop a hyper-aggressive cybercrime gang that’s been tormenting corporate America over the last two years, according to nin… Continue reading FBI knows identities of some U.S. members of “Scattered Spider,” but no arrests so far?

Property management firm Homeland, Inc. allegedly hacked, hackers claim to have hundreds of thousands of SSN of tenants

Hunters International has added a property management firm in Kentucky to their leak site. They provide a description of what they claim to have acquired from Homeland, Inc.: Over 200Gb of data – tenants info (ssn, income, family members, phone n… Continue reading Property management firm Homeland, Inc. allegedly hacked, hackers claim to have hundreds of thousands of SSN of tenants

It’s Still Easy for Anyone to Become You at Experian

Brian Krebs reports: In the summer of 2022, KrebsOnSecurity documented the plight of several readers who had their accounts at big-three consumer credit reporting bureau Experian hijacked after identity thieves simply re-registered the accounts using a… Continue reading It’s Still Easy for Anyone to Become You at Experian

Optus loses court bid to keep report into cause of cyber-attack secret

Josh Taylor reports a win for transparency: Optus has lost a bid in the federal court to keep secret a report on the cause of the 2022 cyber-attack – which resulted in the personal information of about 10 million customers being exposed – after a judge… Continue reading Optus loses court bid to keep report into cause of cyber-attack secret