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Russian hacker group attacks Romanian government websites on election day
Politico reports: A Russian hacker group attacked several Romanian government and presidential candidates’ websites on Sunday as the country votes for its next president, Romanian news outlet G4media reported. The attack, by the group known as DDOSIA/NoName057, hit the website of the Romanian Constitutional Court, the main government portal, the Romanian foreign ministry site and the […]
Ninth Circuit Hands Users A Big Win: Californians Can Sue Out-of-State Corporations That Violate State Privacy Laws
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) announced the court win:
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 […]