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Ambulances diverted after cyberattack hits Brockton Hospital
A cybersecurity incident knocked out key systems, canceling chemotherapy appointments, closing pharmacies and pushing Brockton Hospital to divert ambulances while staff switch to paper records MassLive reports: Brockton Hospital is diverting ambulances and canceling some services as it responds to a cybersecurity incident that began impacting its information systems on Monday. Chemotherapy infusion services for […]
Jones Day confirms cyber attack after Silent Ransom Group acquired clients’ files
Legal Cheek reports: Jones Day has become the latest high-profile law firm to fall victim to a cyber attack, after hackers accessed files linked to a number of client matters. The US firm — which represented Donald Trump in both his 2016 and 2020 presidential campaigns and has placed several of its lawyers into senior White […]
Wynn Resorts notified 21,775 people of data breach that claimed 800k records
There is an update to the Wynn Resorts data breach previously reported in February. At the time, ShinyHunters claimed to have exfiltrated 800,000 records containing customer and employee data, and they threatened to leak the data if Wynn Resorts didn’t pay the ransom demand. Now Cybernews reports that a Wynn Resorts notification to the Maine […]
The professional negotiators who do deals with cyber criminals
Financial Times reports: A global surge in ransomware attacks has driven the rise of specialist negotiators who are skilled at buying time, gathering intelligence and cutting deals with hackers. Professional ransom negotiators have become a booming part of the cyber security industry as businesses seek help for high-stake talks with criminal gangs. Large cyber security […]
Hacker attacks jump as regional tensions explode
GDN Online reports: Cyber-attacks targeting Bahrain and its Gulf neighbours have skyrocketed eight-fold this month in the wake of the joint US-Israeli military operation against Iran, security experts have warned. Hacktivists aligned with Tehran have dramatically ramped up Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) strikes across the Middle East, capitalising on the chaos of the widening […]
Meta pauses all contracts with Mercor after breach
Social Media Today reports: Meta has paused all contracts with data provider Mercor after Mercor’s systems were hit by hackers last week, which could have compromised data integrity. As reported by Wired, on Thursday Mercor confirmed that its services had been targeted as part of an expanded supply-chain exploit, which was traced back to the use of LiteLLM, a widely […]
Some Crunchyroll breach data was sold; some winds up on HIBP
On March 23, Bleeping Computer reported: Popular anime streaming platform Crunchyroll is investigating a breach after hackers claimed to have stolen personal information for approximately 6.8 million people. “We are aware of recent claims and are currently working closely with leading cyber security experts to investigate the matter,” Crunchyroll initially told BleepingComputer. “Our investigation is ongoing, and […]
Google warning about another Chrome security flaw exploited by hackers; Check for updates
Newsbytesapp reports that Google has issued a security warning for its Chrome browser after confirming that hackers have exploited a vulnerability in the system with a zero-day exploit. This is the second issue reported recently and is dubbed CVE-2026-5281. The vulnerability can be used to corrupt data, crash systems, and execute malicious code via a […]