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Two cybersecurity guys plead guilty to being hackers all along
KnowTechie reports: Two former cybersecurity professionals have admitted they were secretly running ransomware attacks on the side. According to an announcement this week from the US Department of Justice, Ryan Goldberg, 40, and Kevin Martin, 36, pleaded guilty to orchestrating a string of ransomware attacks in 2023 that netted them about $1.2 million in Bitcoin. Here’s the […]
80 Hospitals May Have Been Affected by the Oracle Health Data Breach
HIPAA Journal reports: The number of individuals affected by the hacking incident at Oracle Health has yet to be confirmed; however, the data breach is known to have affected approximately 80 hospitals, although a list of those hospitals has not been made public. Oracle Health has been notifying the affected healthcare provider clients, some of […]
Goldman Sachs Says Some Clients’ Data May Have Been Exposed in Law Firm Data Breach
Bloomberg News reports: Goldman Sachs Group Inc. warned investors in some of its alternative investment funds that their data may have been exposed in a breach at one of the bank’s law firms. In a Dec. 19 letter, Goldman said it had been informed of a “cybersecurity incident” by Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP, which serves […]
French software company fined $2 million for cyber failings leading to data breach
The Record reports: France’s data protection regulator has fined the software company Nexpublica France €1.7 million ($2 million) for poor cybersecurity practices in the wake of a data breach. In November 2022, users of a Nexpublica portal reported they could access documents about third parties. France’s data regulator, known as CNIL, investigated the incident and […]
A hacker threw his Macbook into the river trying to avoid being caught. Of course, they caught him
Agencias reports a detail in the Coupang breach and arrest: Coupang, the South Korean e-commerce giant, has faced a serious data breach affecting 33.7 million customers, compromising sensitive information such as names, addresses, and phone numbers. The situation unfolded in late November when the company announced that hackers had accessed its users’ data. Since December 1, […]
Coupang to Issue $1.17 Billion in Vouchers Over Data Breach
SecurityWeek provides an update on the Coupang breach: Coupang, the South Korean ecommerce giant listed in the US (NYSE: CPNG), on Monday announced plans to spend 1.685 trillion won (~$1.17 billion) in compensation over a recent data breach. The incident, the company said in early December, was discovered on November 18, and involved unauthorized access […]
South Carolina warns more than 236,000 residents potentially impacted by lending company data breach
News19 reports: Nearly a quarter of a million residents in South Carolina may have had their data exposed in a breach that occurred months earlier, according to state records. A data breach notice provided to the South Carolina Department of Consumer Affairs (SCDCA) by Prosper Marketplace Inc. on Dec. 11 stated that the company learned […]
Hacker claims to leak WIRED database with 2.3 million records; no statement from Condé Nast
BleepingComputer reports: A hacker claims to have breached Condé Nast and leaked an alleged WIRED database containing more than 2.3 million subscriber records, while also warning that they plan to release up to 40 million additional records for other Condé Nast properties. On December 20, a threat actor using the name “Lovely” leaked the database […]