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Official City of Long Beach Statement Regarding a Network Security Incident Targeting City Systems
Local governments continue to fall prey to cyberattacks. Yesterday, the City of Long Beach, California issued an official Statement Regarding a Network Security Incident Targeting City Systems: On Nov. 14, 2023, the City of Long Beach learned that it was subject to a potential cybersecurity incident. The City’s Department of Technology and Innovation immediately initiated […]
Samsung says hackers accessed customer data during year-long breach
TechCrunch reports: Samsung has admitted that hackers accessed the personal data of U.K.-based customers during a year-long breach of its systems. In a statement to TechCrunch, Samsung spokesperson Chelsea Simpson, representing the company via a third-party agency, said Samsung was “recently alerted to a security incident” that “resulted in certain contact information of some Samsung […]
A ransomware gang files an SEC complaint against its victim for not reporting the breach to the SEC within 4 days
“They did WHAT??” Ransomware gangs will often test ways to pressure victims to pay. But today, threat actors associated with the AlphV (BlackCat) group tested a new approach that is raising eyebrows in the cybersecurity community. When a victim, MeridianLink, didn’t pay them quickly and didn’t even start to negotiate any payment with them, AlphV […]
North Carolina County Calls in National Guard After Cyber Attack
What happens when a state bans ransom payments and a county then suffers a cyber attack? A North Carolina county is not saying whether the cyber attack they experienced was a ransomware attack, but they are following the state’s guidelines for how they are responding. The Record reports: A cyberattack on a North Carolina county […]
FBI: Royal ransomware asked 350 victims to pay $275 million
Bleeping Computer reports: The FBI and CISA revealed in a joint advisory that the Royal ransomware gang has breached the networks of at least 350 organizations worldwide since September 2022. In an update to the original advisory published in March with additional information discovered during FBI investigations, the two agencies also noted that the ransomware […]
LockBit ransomware leaks gigabytes of Boeing data
Bleeping Computer reports: LockBit ransomware has leaked more than 43GB of files from Boeing after the company refused to pay a ransom. Most of the data listed on the hacker group’s leak site are backups for various systems, the most recent of them with an October 22 timestamp. The ransomware actor posted Boeing on their […]
Hacking Gang Behind Attack on Largest Global Lender Says It Got Ransom Payment
Bloomberg reports: The hacking group behind a recent ransomware attack on the largest global lender, Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd., said it received a ransom payment. A representative for the group, called LockBit, confirmed the payment on Monday but declined to provide further details. Bloomberg News wasn’t able to verify the gang’s claim, and […]
Henry Schein confirms data breach, details financial impact of cyberattack
MassDevice reports: Henry Schein (Nasdaq: HSIC)+ warned customers and suppliers today that their sensitive information may have been exposed in a cyberattack. The medical device manufacturer and distributor first disclosed the cyber security incident on Oct. 15. Then, this month, a ransomware gang known as BlackCat/ALPHV said they encrypted the company’s systems and stole 35 TB of sensitive data. […]