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Trump taps cyber firms to go on offensive against criminals
The Record reports: The Trump administration will allow private companies to launch attacks on cybercrime organizations, according to a presidential memorandum released late on Wednesday. The firms will partner with the Justice and Homeland Security departments on offensive operations and surveillance targeting “transnational cybercrime, fraud, and other predatory schemes against American citizens.” “By partnering with vetted United […]
Stolen Change Healthcare data gets new handling rules in court order
Becker’s Health IT reports: Read the rest of the rules at Becker’s Health IT.
TCS investigates data leak claims, finds no breach
The Times of India reports: TCS informed the stock exchanges on Monday that it received threat-intelligence alerts alleging possible exposure to certain employee information but said its investigation found no credible evidence of a breach of its systems or customerenvironments. The disclosure follows a post by data security firm S2W on X, which said a […]
Water utilities group partners with DEF CON offshoot for Water Watch Center
The Record reports: A national water association is creating a program designed to provide threat intelligence and cybersecurity services to underfunded water and wastewater systems across the U.S. On Friday, the National Rural Water Association (NRWA) launched a partnership with DEF CON Franklin — an organization that has sought to pair volunteer cybersecurity experts with cash-strapped water […]
Levi Strauss says hackers breached employee computers, accessed corporate data
The Record reports: Levi Strauss & Co. disclosed on Friday that suspected hackers gained unauthorized access to company files after compromising employees’ computers, making the iconic American apparel maker the latest retailer to report a cybersecurity incident. In a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the denim company said an unauthorized third party accessed and […]
Personal details could have been leaked as 1,500 charities hit by cyber-attack
Non-profit organizations are not immune to cyberattacks by unscrupulous threat actors. In this case, a third-party vendor was hit, as Yahoo! UK reports: An investigation has been launched after Southampton Hospitals Charity is among 1,500 potentially affected by a cyber attack. Southampton Hospitals Charity confirmed it is one of the charities targeted in a cyber-security […]
Canadian man pleads guilty to Snowflake hacks that led to 165 breaches
The Record reports: A Canadian national is facing decades in prison for participating in the hacking of data storage platform Snowflake. Connor Riley Moucka, 26, pleaded guilty to computer fraud, wire fraud, aggravated identity theft and a related conspiracy on Wednesday in a Washington state federal court. He will be sentenced on October 27 and […]
Ransom Cartel Creator Gets 16 Years in Prison for Operating Ransomware-as-a-Service
The Hacker News reports: A federal judge in Alexandria, Virginia, sentenced Maksim Silnikau to 16 years in prison on August 5 for creating and running Ransom Cartel, the ransomware-as-a-service operation he stood up in 2021. Between 2021 and 2023, Ransom Cartel conspirators attacked at least 18 companies, including firms in California, New York and Nebraska, and others abroad, […]