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FBI investigating efforts to impersonate White House chief of staff Susie Wiles
Yet another member of President Trump’s staff has been caught up in a data security incident. The Guardian reports: The FBI is investigating an apparent impersonator who pretended to be the White House chief of staff, Susie Wiles, in texts and calls to her contacts, including prominent Republicans. Wiles has privately informed colleagues that the contacts in her personal cellphone […]
DOXXED: Mysterious leaker GangExposed outs Conti kingpins in massive ransomware data dump
The Register reports that a mystery whistleblower calling himself “GangExposed” has exposed key figures behind the Conti and Trickbot ransomware crews, publishing a trove of internal files and naming names. The leaks include thousands of chat logs, personal videos, and ransom negotiations tied to some of the most notorious cyber-extortion gangs —believed to have raked […]
Hogan Lovells Asia-Pacific Data, Privacy and Cybersecurity Guide 2025
Hogan Lovells has released a new guide exploring data protection and security developments in the APAC area. The guide reviews: Download the Asia-Pacific Data, Privacy, and Cybersecurity Guide 2025.
Mid-year State Privacy and Enforcement Updates
James Sherer of BakerLaw recently sent out an interesting email update on state laws, which we are passing along to our readers: If you would like to receive the firm’s CLE/weekend update emails, reach out to jsherer@bakerlaw.com.
Australian ransomware victims now must tell the government if they pay up
The Record reports: Australia became on Friday the first country in the world to require victims of ransomware attacks to declare to the government any extortion payments made on their behalf to cybercriminals. The law, initially proposed last year, only applies to organizations with an annual turnover greater than AUS $3 million ($1.93 million) alongside a smaller […]
US medical org pays $50M+ to settle case after crims raided data and threatened to swat cancer patients
The Register reports: A Seattle cancer facility has agreed to fork out around $52.5 million as part of a class action settlement linked to a Thanksgiving 2023 cyberattack where criminals directly threatened cancer patients with swat attacks. The Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center (Fred Hutch) disclosed its November 2023 attack a month later, after it confirmed […]
ConnectWise says nation-state attack targeted multiple ScreenConnect customers
‘ConnectWise recently learned of suspicious activity within our environment that we believe was tied to a sophisticated nation state actor, which affected a very small number of ScreenConnect customers‘ — ConnectWise statement The Record reports: IT management software company ConnectWise said it is investigating a nation-state attack on its systems that impacted some of its […]
Russian hackers attacked the UK Ministry of Defense under the guise of journalists
LIGA reports: Russian hacking group RomCom attempted to hack into the accounts of employees of the UK Ministry of Defence under the guise of journalists. The attack was unsuccessful, but overall, there have been twice as many hacking attacks on the country’s defence department in the past two years as in the previous similar period, […]