Collaborate Disseminate
Lucy Clarke-Billings reports: The Ministry of Justice has said it is aware of a data breach affecting prisons in England and Wales. Confidential prison layouts had been leaked onto the dark web in the past two weeks, according to The Times. A former pr… Continue reading UK: Prison layouts reportedly leaked on dark web
Bill Toulas reports: Russian state hackers APT28 (Fancy Bear/Forest Blizzard/Sofacy) breached a U.S. company through its enterprise WiFi network while being thousands of miles away, by leveraging a novel technique called “nearest neighbor attack…. Continue reading Hackers breach US firm over Wi-Fi from Russia in ‘Nearest Neighbor Attack’
Clyde & Co write: The new Regulations on the Management of Network Data Security (《网络数据安全管理条例》) [1] (the “Regulations”) were issued by the State Council of the People’s Republic of China (“China”) on 24 September 2024 and will come into force on 1 … Continue reading What You Need to Know about China’s Regulations on the Management of Network Data Security
Here’s today’s reminder that it’s not always the huge-number breaches that pose the most risk or actual physical danger to people. Anosha Shariq reports: A helpline for Yakuza victims faces a shocking data breach, exposing personal de… Continue reading JP: Yakuza Helpline Leak Sparks Fears for Victim Safety
Daniel Croft reports: The incident was claimed by CyberN—–s members IntelBroker and EnergyWeaponUser, who originally said it was a Tesla EV charging station database containing files that belonged to Tesla. However, thanks to a tipoff by re… Continue reading Tesla data breach falsely claimed by IntelBroker, third-party EV charging firm actually breached
Marco A. De Felice (aka @amvinfe) of SuspectFile and DataBreaches have often shared information with each other about threat actors or incidents, including what may appear to be second attacks or maybe just a re-listing of a previous attack. He has rec… Continue reading Ransomware Group Cooperation: A Growing Challenge in the Fight Against Cybercrime
Bill Toulas reports: A data breach at an unnamed French hospital exposed the medical records of 750,000 patients after a threat actor gained access to its electronic patient record system. A threat actor using the nickname ‘nears’ (previous… Continue reading Cyberattack at French hospital exposes health data of 750,000 patients
Three Administrators Charged and Cryptocurrency Seized The Justice Department today announced the seizure of PopeyeTools, an illicit website and marketplace dedicated to selling stolen credit cards and other tools for carrying out cybercrime and fraud,… Continue reading Justice Department Seizes Cybercrime Website and Charges Its Administrators
Lars Daniel reports: T-Mobile is the latest telecommunications company to report being impacted by a large-scale cyber-espionage campaign linked to Chinese state-sponsored hackers. While T-Mobile has stated that customer data and critical systems have … Continue reading T-Mobile Hack Linked To Chinese State Sponsored Hackers
Martin Matishak reports: A House Republican late last week introduced legislation to untangle the country’s jumble of cybersecurity regulations, keeping the bipartisan proposal alive as Congress finishes its work for 2024. The measure from Rep. Clay Hi… Continue reading Bipartisan effort to clean up cyber regulations gets a boost in House, but calendar is tight