Collaborate Disseminate
Caesars Entertainment Inc. paid tens of millions of dollars to hackers who broke into the company’s systems in recent weeks and threatened to release the company’s data, according to two people familiar with the matter. Caesars is expected to disclose … Continue reading Caesars Entertainment paid millions to hackers in attacks
If the claims of someone in an AlphV (BlackCat) subgroup known for social engineering skills are true — and vx-underground believes their source is credible, then …. words fail: All ALPHV ransomware group did to compromise MGM Resorts was h… Continue reading MGM Resorts incident: social engineering strikes again?
Bill Toulas reports: Hackers use a massive network of fake and compromised Facebook accounts to send out millions of Messenger phishing messages to target Facebook business accounts with password-stealing malware. The attackers trick the targets into d… Continue reading Facebook Messenger phishing wave targets 100K business accounts per week
Long-time readers may recall a story in January 2017 about a luxury hotel that reportedly paid extortion to ransomware attackers because guests were locked in their rooms. Some of the story was ultimately considered to be fake news, although the whole … Continue reading MGM Resorts hit in disruptive cyberattack
Alanna Durkin Richer reports: A wealthy Russian businessman with ties to the Kremlin was sentenced Thursday to nine years in prison for his role in a nearly $100 million stock market cheating scheme that relied on secret earnings information stolen thr… Continue reading Russian man with Kremlin ties gets 9 years in US prison for hacking and insider trading scheme
Coca-Cola FEMSA is the bottler of Coca-Cola and its related soft drink products in much of Latin America, which makes it an important part of the Coca-Cola system. This week, a threat actor known to DataBreaches as “TheSnake” and as the per… Continue reading Coca-Cola FEMSA victim of ransomware attack and data leak
Kathryn Magann reports: Bookstore chain Dymocks has warned customers of a possible data breach that could lead to their personal information being leaked on the dark web. In an email sent to members on Friday, the bookseller’s managing director, … Continue reading Au: Dymocks warns shoppers after data breach; data already leaked
On September 2, Ragnar_Locker added Do IT Consultants in Canada to their “Wall of Shame.” For its listing, they wrote: Due to high level negligence and careless network security of DO IT employees, has been allowed a huge leak which affect… Continue reading Do IT Consultants victim of attack by Ragnar_Locker
Uh oh. Brian Krebs reports: In November 2022, the password manager service LastPass disclosed a breach in which hackers stole password vaults containing both encrypted and plaintext data for more than 25 million users. Since then, a steady trickle of s… Continue reading Experts Fear Crooks are Cracking Keys Stolen in LastPass Breach
The Federal Trade Commission finalized an order with 1Health.io that settles charges that the genetic testing firm left sensitive genetic and health data unsecured, deceived consumers about their ability to get their data deleted, and changed its priva… Continue reading FTC Finalizes Order with 1Health.io Over Charges it Failed to Protect Privacy and Security of DNA Data and Unfairly Changed its Privacy Policy