Collaborate Disseminate
Daryna Antoniuk reports: International law enforcement has uncovered a criminal organization operating in Moldova suspected of attempting to sabotage a system that helps Interpol members locate and arrest wanted criminals worldwide. Moldovan authoritie… Continue reading Four arrested for allegedly attempting to sabotage Interpol criminal search system
James Coker reports: Leading London hospitals have been forced to cancel operations and divert emergency patients following a cyber-attack on a critical supplier. The incident has affected Guy’s and St Thomas’, King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Tr… Continue reading Critical Incident: London Hospitals Cancel Operations Following Ransomware Incident at Synnovis
Joseph Cox reports: Google has accidentally collected childrens’ voice data, leaked the trips and home addresses of car pool users, and made YouTube recommendations based on users’ deleted watch history, among thousands of other employee-reported priva… Continue reading Google Database Reveals Thousands of Privacy Incidents
May 31 – Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) published an update to the frequently asked questions (FAQs) webpage concerning the Change Healthcare cybersecurity incident. The webpage, first… Continue reading HHS OCR: Covered entities affected by the Change Healthcare breach may delegate tasks of providing HIPAA breach notifications to Change Healthcare
Brian Krebs reports: Law enforcement agencies in the United States and Europe today announced Operation Endgame, a coordinated action against some of the most popular cybercrime platforms for delivering ransomware and data-stealing malware. Dubbed “the… Continue reading ‘Operation Endgame’ Hits Malware Delivery Platforms
A court-authorized international law enforcement operation led by the U.S. Justice Department disrupted a botnet used to commit cyber attacks, large-scale fraud, child exploitation, harassment, bomb threats, and export violations. As part of this opera… Continue reading 911 S5 Botnet Dismantled and Its Administrator Arrested in Coordinated International Operation
On May 23, the U.S. Department of Justice, joined by 29 state attorneys general and the District of Columbia, sued Live Nation Entertainment and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Ticketmaster, for violating the Sherman Antitrust Act. In his prepared remarks… Continue reading Hacked? Ticketmaster’s terrible, horrible, no good, very bad week just got worse
Matt Burgess reports: Russian cybercriminals are almost untouchable. For years, hackers based in the country have launched devastating ransomware attacks against hospitals, critical infrastructure, and businesses, causing billions in losses. But they’r… Continue reading Cops Are Just Trolling Cybercriminals Now
The Yomiuri Shimbun reports: A 25-year-old unemployed man from Kawasaki has been arrested for allegedly creating a computer virus by using interactive generative artificial intelligence available online. This is believed to be the first case in the nat… Continue reading Japan Man Arrested for Creating Virus Using Generative AI Systems; ‘I Thought I Could Do Anything if I Asked AI’
From the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada, May 24: The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) has launched a new online breach reporting form for federal institutions subject to the Privacy Act as well as updated its online brea… Continue reading Ca: New online breach reporting forms for federal institutions and businesses