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Yemeni Man Charged in Federal Indictment Alleging He Sent ‘Black Kingdom’ Malware to Extort Businesses, Schools, and Medical Clinics
May 1, 2025. A press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California: LOS ANGELES – A Yemeni national was charged today in a three-count federal grand jury indictment alleging he deployed the so-called “Black Kingdom” ransomware against computer servers owned organizations worldwide, including businesses, schools, and hospitals in the United States, […]
New York’s Latest Cyber Rules Pressure Small Companies, Vendors
Bloomberg Law reports: As another cybersecurity compliance deadline hits in New York, the impact may be most deeply felt by smaller companies—as well as vendors and other businesses outside the financial sector that technically aren’t within scope of the regulation. The New York Department of Financial Services’ (NYDFS) latest Cybersecurity Regulation amendments go into effect […]
Harrods latest retailer to be hit by cyber attack
Someone’s hitting big UK retail firms. First it was M&S, then Co-Op, and now it’s Harrod’s. BBC reports: The luxury department store Harrods says it is the latest retailer to have been targeted by a cyber attack. The firm said it had “restricted internet access at our sites” following an attempt to gain access to […]
Raytheon Companies and Nightwing Group to Pay $8.4M to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations Relating to Non-Compliance with Cybersecurity Requirements in Federal Contracts
A press release from the Department of Justice
Texas HHSC Notifies Additional Individuals Regarding Wrongdoing by Employees
Texas Health and Human Services Commission April 30, 2025 AUSTIN – The Texas Health and Human Services Commission is notifying an additional 33,529 recipients of agency services and other affected individuals that their protected health, personal identifying or sensitive personal information may have been inappropriately accessed, used or disclosed. As a result of an internal […]
Ctrl+Alt+Disaster: How Oracle techies ‘wrong click’ brought 45 out of 72 CHS hospitals to their knees for 5 days
The Economic Times reports: A software malfunction triggered by Oracle engineers led to a five-day outage at multiple Community Health Systems (CHS) hospitals last week, forcing several facilities to switch to paper records after losing access to their digital systems. The disruption began on 23 April during scheduled maintenance, when Oracle personnel mistakenly deleted storage […]
VeriSource now says February data breach impacts 4 million people
Bleeping Computer reports: Employee benefits administration firm VeriSource Services is warning that a data breach exposed the personal information of four million people. VeriSource is a Texas-based employee benefits administration and HR outsourcing solutions provider with diverse clients across the U.S. The firm has begun data breach notifications to impacted individuals about a cybersecurity incident […]
Marks & Spencer breach linked to Scattered Spider ransomware attack
Bleeping Computer reports: Ongoing outages at British retail giant Marks & Spencer are caused by a ransomware attack believed to be conducted by a hacking collective known as “Scattered Spider” BleepingComputer has learned from multiple sources. Marks & Spencer (M&S) is a British multinational retailer that employs 64,000 employees and sells various products, including clothing, food, […]