Category Archives: Hack

Brazilian Man Charged With Making Extortionate Threats To Publicize Stolen Data Obtained By Unlawful Computer Intrusion

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December 23, Newark, N.J. – A citizen and resident of Brazil was charged with making extortionate threats to publicize data stolen from the Brazilian subsidiary of a New Jersey company, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced. Junior Barros De Oliv… Continue reading Brazilian Man Charged With Making Extortionate Threats To Publicize Stolen Data Obtained By Unlawful Computer Intrusion→

CA: Electronic data security breach at Milton long-term care home revealed

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Marney Carmichael reports on an incident in Ontario, Canada: Halton region says a privacy breach at Allendale Long-Term Care Home in Milton exposed personal electronic health records from 2005 to this summer. A cybersecurity incident in June of this ye… Continue reading CA: Electronic data security breach at Milton long-term care home revealed→

US Court Finds NSO Liable For Hacking Of WhatsApp Using Pegasus Malware

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Gursimran Kaur Bakshi reports: In a summary judgment, Judge Phyllis Hamilton of the US District Court in Oakland, Northern District of California has found Israeli-mercenary’s surveillance firm NSO Group Technologies (also known as Q Cyber Techno… Continue reading US Court Finds NSO Liable For Hacking Of WhatsApp Using Pegasus Malware→

Granite School District breach worse than the district has revealed — former employee

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Some former employees of Granite School District in Utah are reporting frustration and anger with the district’s incident response to an attack by the Rhysida group. One has written up what he found when he examined the publicly leaked data. On S… Continue reading Granite School District breach worse than the district has revealed — former employee→

Nebraska AG becomes first state to sue Change Healthcare over massive data breach

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Aaron Sanderford reports: Nebraska on Monday became the first state to sue Tennessee-based Change Healthcare over the company’s massive data breach that cost at least 575,000 Nebraskans their personal information and medical records. … The breach… Continue reading Nebraska AG becomes first state to sue Change Healthcare over massive data breach→

Clop ransomware claims responsibility for Cleo data theft attacks

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Lawrence Abrams reports: The Clop ransomware gang has confirmed to BleepingComputer that they are behind the recent Cleo data-theft attacks, utilizing zero-day exploits to breach corporate networks and steal data. Cleo is the developer of the managed f… Continue reading Clop ransomware claims responsibility for Cleo data theft attacks→

Boston University and Feds Investigating Hacking of Framingham Heart Study Data

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Molly Callahan reports: Boston University’s renowned Framingham Heart Study (FHS) was breached by hackers, who gained access to the data of participants—both living and deceased—of the country’s longest running, multigenerational heart study. BU offici… Continue reading Boston University and Feds Investigating Hacking of Framingham Heart Study Data→