TechStory reports: The notorious internet forum 4chan—long known as a breeding ground for viral memes, fringe political communities, and online chaos—has gone dark after what appears to be a massive and deeply compromising hack. As of early Tuesday, users across the world were reporting serious outages, struggling to load the site, let alone access any […]
NPR reports: In the first days of March, a team of advisers from President Trump’s new Department of Government Efficiency initiative arrived at the Southeast Washington, D.C., headquarters of the National Labor Relations Board. … according to an official whistleblower disclosure shared with Congress and other federal overseers that was obtained by NPR, subsequent interviews […]
The Daily Hodl reports that Bank of America has notified affected customers of a March 6 incident in which documents were lost in transit: Bank of America says efforts to locate sensitive documents containing personal information on an undisclosed number of customers have failed. The North Carolina-based bank says it is unable to recover the documents, which […]
The Record reports: A lab company providing services to some Planned Parenthood centers disclosed a data breach on Friday impacting about 1.6 million people. Laboratory Services Cooperative (LSC) said it initially discovered the cyberattack on October 27 and began an investigation that was completed in February. The stolen data includes medical information like dates of […]
The WilmerHale law firm provides a recap of trends in 2024: One of the main risks for a company in the event of a data breach is the threat of litigation. Data breach litigation continued to proliferate in 2024, as it has in prior years. In the past year, plaintiffs continued to seek relief following […]
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) today notified Congress of a major information security incident, as required by the Federal Information Security Modernization Act. This finding is the result of internal and independent third-party reviews of OCC emails and email attachments that were subject to unauthorized access. On February 11, 2025, the […]
Only days after news sites reported that RansomHub was collaborating with EvilCorp in developing its attacks, RansomHub appeared to have been the victim of a takeover by another group. Or perhaps it was just a merger? DragonForce recently posted an announcement on the RAMP cybercrime forum claiming that it had become partners with RansomHub. A […]
BVI News reports: The BVI Electricity Corporation (BVIEC) continues to grapple with the aftermath of a ransomware attack that occurred in August 2024, resulting in operational disruptions and significant financial costs. General Manager Dr Neil Smith disclosed that the cyberattack cost the corporation “magnitudes of hundreds of thousands of dollars,” though he refrained from specifying […]
The Guardian reports: Hackers have targeted Australian superannuation funds this week, with a small number of customers losing a combined half a million dollars, and compromising some members’ data, the industry’s peak body says. The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) said in a statement on Friday that hackers attempted to breach the cyber defences of […]
The Record reports: For nearly six years, Gen. Paul Nakasone led two of the most powerful — and secretive — arms of American national security: the NSA and U.S. Cyber Command. One listens. The other talks back. Under the first Trump administration, Cyber Command got something it never had before: the green light not just to defend, […]
