Politico reports that a former IRS contractor in prison for leaking data actually leaked even more taxpayers’ information than had previously been disclosed: The IRS told House Republicans this month that a former contractor leaked the private data of more than 400,000 taxpayers, nearly six times higher than originally thought. Doug O’Donnell, the acting IRS commissioner, told […]
The Register reports: A Chinese government-backed group is spoofing legitimate medical software to hijack hospital patients’ computers, infecting them with backdoors, credential-swiping keyloggers, and cryptominers. Forescout’s Vedere Labs researchers on Monday sounded the alarm after identifying dozens of malware samples masquerading as Philips DICOM medical image viewers and other legitimate software. The samples, all collected between July […]
DataBreaches.net reports than an updated incident report filed by DISA Global Solutions leaves a number of questions unanswered: Read more at DataBreaches.net
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced a $1,500,000 civil money penalty against Warby Parker, Inc., a manufacturer and online retailer of prescription and non-prescription eyewear, concerning violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Security Rule, following the receipt of a breach […]
