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It was predictable that threat actors would attack during Thanksgiving week when many people take off for the holiday and long weekend. Ardent Health Services was hit with a ransomware attack — and badly enough that hospitals wound up diverting e… Continue reading Hospitals in multiple states diverting patients after Ardent Health Services hit with ransomware attack
Politico reports: Thousands of cyberattacks have inundated Europe’s energy grid since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and a top industry leader is calling for help as officials and researchers fret that not nearly enough is being done. “The c… Continue reading Europe’s grid is under a cyberattack deluge, industry warns
The following is an automated Google translation: A new conflict is brewing in the pro-Russian hacker community. More than ten hackers and hacktivists publicly spoke out against the Russian group Killnet and its leader, known under the nickname Killmil… Continue reading “They are tired of him, but they are afraid”: what is known about the leader of the hacker group Killnet
Fidelity National Financial (FNF) is the nation’s largest group of title companies and underwriters in the country. They claim that collectively, they issue more title insurance policies than any other firm in the United States. On Wednesday, whi… Continue reading Fidelity National Financial ransomware incident impacts real estate closings
Arendse Huld writes: China has been expanding its legal framework for cybersecurity and data protection in recent years, with further advancements seen in 2023. This year witnessed the refinement of legal requirements governing the procedures to export… Continue reading China Cybersecurity and Data Protection Regulations – 2023 Recap and 2024 Outlook
An editorial in The Asahi Shimbun begins: A prolonged, systemic failure in data security management resulted in a 10-year leak of personal information in about 9 million cases stored at a subsidiary of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone West Corp. (NTT Wes… Continue reading Decade-long data leak raises serious concerns with NTT group
Yasmin Rufo reports: The British Library has confirmed that a cyber attack in October has led to a leak of employee data. The attack, which took place on 31 October, has also resulted in the library’s website being down for almost a month. The Rh… Continue reading British Library: Employee data leaked in cyber attack
Sergiu Gatlan reports: The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has revealed new rules to shield consumers from criminals who hijack their phone numbers in SIM swapping attacks and port-out fraud. FCC’s Privacy and Data Protection Task Force i… Continue reading FCC adopts new rules to protect consumers from SIM-swapping attacks
Assad Jafri reports: Poloniex has officially identified the hacker responsible for stealing $120 million from the exchange on Nov. 10 and offered a $10 million white reward if the funds are returned by Nov. 25, according to on-chain data shared by bloc… Continue reading Poloniex confirms hackers identity, offers $10M white hat reward to return stolen funds
Stacey Scott reports: The federal government has issued a warning to current and former public service employees, as well as members of the RCMP and Canadian Armed Forces, regarding a recent data breach that took place on October 19th. Officials have i… Continue reading Canadian Government Announces Data Breach, Urges Public Service Employees to Take Action