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Cybersecurity firm executive pleads guilty to hacking hospitals
Bleeping Computer reports: The former chief operating officer of a cybersecurity company has pleaded guilty to hacking two hospitals, part of the Gwinnett Medical Center (GMC), in June 2021 to boost his company’s business. Vikas Singla, who worked for Securolytics, a network security company that provided services to the healthcare industry, pleaded guilty to hacking […]
Rhysida Hackers Demand £602,500 in Bitcoin After British Library Ransomware Attack
The420 reports: A lethal cyber attack has rocked the revered British Library, leaving its IT systems crippled for weeks. The brazen ransomware gang, known as the Rhysida group, has claimed responsibility for the attack, demanding a hefty sum of 20 Bitcoin, equivalent to approximately £602,500, for the return of stolen sensitive data, including employee passport […]
FCC adopts new rules to protect consumers from SIM-swapping attacks
Bleeping Computer 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 introduced the new regulations in July. They are geared toward thwarting scammers who seek to access personal data and information […]
Justin Sun gives new ultimatum to Poloniex hackers, offers $10m bounty
As The Data Breach Times noted on November 12, the founder of the Poloniex cryptocurrency exchange offered to pay the thieves who stole an estimated $120 million from the exchange $5 million if they returned the rest of the funds. The hacker(s) didn’t respond at all. The government and ransomware experts repeatedly advise and urge […]
‘I employ a lot of hackers’: how a stock exchange chief deters cyber-attacks
The Guardian reports: Six Group counts its profit in millions, but the financial pipework it controls moves billions. Its operations, which include the Spanish and Swiss stock exchanges, count as critical national infrastructure and this gives it a close relationship with governments and regulators in Madrid and Zurich. Those relationships are critical in an age […]
9 million patients had data stolen after US medical transcription firm hacked
Breaches at third-party vendors or business associates continue to compromise millions of patients’ information in 2023. TechCrunch reports: Close to nine million patients had highly sensitive personal and health information stolen during a cyberattack on a U.S. medical transcription service earlier this year, representing one of the worst medical-related data breaches in recent times. The […]
And Then There Were Three: Two More Financial Firms Attacked by LockBit3.0
Bloomberg reports: The criminal ransomware gang behind the recent attack on the Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd. has claimed responsibility for two more hacks on US financial firms. The Lockbit gang added the Chicago Trading Company and Alphadyne Asset Management this week to a list of victims on its darkweb page. The gang has given them deadlines to make […]
Morgan Stanley agrees to pay $6.5 million to settle charges by six states over two data security incidents
TALLAHASSEE, Fla.—Attorney General Ashley Moody, along with five other attorneys general, secured a $6.5 million agreement with Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC, also known as Morgan Stanley. The action comes after an investigation found that Morgan Stanley compromised the personal information of its customers due to negligent internal data-security practices. Morgan Stanley potentially exposed millions […]