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International Investigation Leads to Shutdown of RADAR-DISPOSSESSOR Ransomware Group
From the Cleveland FBI: On August 12, FBI Cleveland announced the disruption of “Radar/Dispossessor”—the criminal ransomware group led by the online moniker “Brain”—and the dismantling of three U.S. servers, three United Kingdom servers, 18 German servers, eight U.S.-based criminal domains, and one German-based criminal domain. Since its inception in August 2023, Radar/Dispossessor has quickly developed […]
FBI probes claims Iran hacked Trump campaign
The BBC reports: The FBI has opened an investigation into allegations from the Trump campaign that it was targeted by hackers working for the Iranian government. “We can confirm the FBI is investigating the matter,” the agency said in a short statement on Monday without specifically naming the former president or Iran. A Trump campaign […]
We received internal Trump documents from ‘Robert.’ Then the campaign confirmed it was hacked.
Here we go again with foreign interference in our national election? Maybe. Politico reports: Former President Donald Trump’s campaign said Saturday that some of its internal communications had been hacked. The acknowledgment came after POLITICO began receiving emails from an anonymous account with documents from inside Trump’s operation. The campaign blamed “foreign sources hostile to […]
2.9 Billion Records With Personal Info About US, Canada, and UK Persons Was Leaked on a Hacking Forum; The Data Owner Has Been Silent
If verified, one of the largest breaches ever of personal information of Americans, Canadians, and UK persons went up for sale on a hacking forum on April 7. While researchers and analysts watched and started investigating the listing, the background checks firm allegedly responsible for the data remained silent, neither confirming nor refuting the claimed […]
Iranians ramp up cyber attacks linked to US election, warns Microsoft
The U.S. voting public is the target of misinformation campaigns from within and from without. The Financial Times reports that one of the foreign sources of attempted interference in our election is Iran: Iranian state-backed actors have sought to access senior US political figures’ email accounts and launched “covert news sites” aimed at American readers […]
Home alarm company ADT says hackers obtained ‘limited’ customer data
A cyberattack on a leading home security firm had the potential to put homeowner’s security at risk. But were the hackers able to access security codes or other information that could be problematic? The Record reports: The home security systems company ADT Inc. announced Wednesday that unauthorized hackers unlawfully broke into some databases storing customer […]
UK data watchdog to fine NHS vendor Advanced for security failures prior to LockBit ransomware attack
The 2022 ransomware attack on Advanced, a National Health Service (NHS) vendor, was devastating to patient care. Now the U.K.’s Information Commissioner’s Office has indicated it plans to impose a substantial fine on the vendor. TechCrunch reports: U.K. data protection authorities have issued a provisional fine of more than £6 million to NHS vendor Advanced […]
Grassley Asks More Questions About Recent AT&T Attack and Potential National Security Concerns
In April 2024, AT&T learned that its customer data had been exfiltrated from its Snowflake workspace. The breach affected 90 million or more customers’ call and text histories recorded during a six-month period in 2022. The following is a press release from Senator Chuck Grassley: