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Orange Group confirms breach after Hellcat hacker leaks company documents
BleepingComputer reports: A hacker claims to have stolen thousands of internal documents with user records and employee data after breaching the systems of Orange Group, a leading French telecommunications operator and digital service provider. The threat actor published on a hacker forum details about the stolen data after trying to extort the company unsuccessfully. Orange […]
City of Roseburg residents first notified about data breach last summer
Some Oregon residents first learned this month that their personal information was stolen in a breach last summer. KOBI5 News reports: According to the City of Roseburg, on August 4, the city experienced a network disruption, and officials immediately opened an investigation. The forensic investigation lasted through January 6 to determine multiple individuals’ information had […]
Hackers Loot Record-Breaking $1.4 Billion From Cryptocurrency Exchange
PCMag reports that hackers managed to pull off the largest cryptocurrency heist in history, looting an estimated $1.4 billion from the Bybit exchange: The hackers compromised an offline “cold wallet” that stored Ethereum, stealing the 400,000 in ETH on Friday morning, Bybit CEO Ben Zhou told users in a live stream. During the incident, the cold […]
A huge trove of leaked Black Basta chat logs expose the ransomware gang’s key members and victims
Once again, it seems an internal – and perhaps politically driven – conflict in a ransomware gang has resulted in the leak of internal chats and information. TechCrunch reports: A trove of chat logs allegedly belonging to the Black Basta ransomware group has leaked online, exposing key members of the prolific Russia-linked gang. The chat […]
Ukrainian hackers claim breach of Russian loan company linked to Putin’s ex-wife
The Record reports: The pro-Ukraine hacking group Cyber Alliance has claimed responsibility for a cyberattack on CarMoney, a Russian microfinance company linked to the former wife of President Vladimir Putin. CarMoney confirmed earlier this week that it had suffered a cyber incident, forcing it to shut down all systems after attackers sent spam messages to customers claiming the company […]
Nude photos of Beverly Hills plastic surgery patients exposed in data hacks, lawsuit alleges
The Los Angeles Times reports: A celebrity Beverly Hills plastic surgeon, who has appeared on television shows including “Botched” and “The Doctors,” is being sued by patients who allege that their nude photos were published online after he was hacked — twice — and that he waited months to inform them of the data breaches. […]
New York’s Health Information Privacy Act Poised to Become the Latest in a Growing Trend of State Data Privacy Laws
Seen at Epstein Becker Green’s Health Law Advisor: New York State appears poised to become the fourth state to explicitly regulate consumer health data not covered by the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). In May of 2023, Washington State enacted the My Health My Data Act; in June of 2023, Connecticut amended […]
Privilege Under Pressure: The Shifting Data Breach Investigation Landscape
From the law firm of Greenberg Traurig: Read more about recent federal cases that are posing challenges to claiming attorney-client privilege or work product doctrine at The National Law Review.