China’s spokespeople keep denying claims by U.S. officials, but U.S. officials have not retracted or backed off at all on their claims about Chinese espionage and cyberattacks. The Wall Street Journal reports: The message from President Biden’s national security adviser was startling. Chinese hackers had gained the ability to shut down dozens of U.S. ports, […]
There’s another update to the situation in Rhode Island, where threat actors called Brain Cipher managed to acquire data from the RIBridges portal that handles certain public services such as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), Medicaid benefits, and health insurance through the state’s marketplace for coverage. The state continues to update its cyber-alert page about […]
The Associated Press reports that the U.S. Treasury Department has described remote access by Chinese state-sponsored hackers to workstations and unclassified documents as a “major cybersecurity incident.” The Treasury Department said it learned of the latest problem on Dec. 8, when a third-party software service provider, BeyondTrust, flagged that hackers had stolen a key “used […]
TechCrunch followed up on the Salt Typhoon attacks on major telecoms: U.S. telecom giants AT&T and Verizon say they have secured their networks after being targeted by the China-linked Salt Typhoon cyberespionage group. In a statement given to TechCrunch on Monday, AT&T spokesperson Alexander Byers said the company detects “no activity by nation-state actors in our networks at […]
The government hasn’t named the ninth telecom that it has added to its list of Salt Typhoon targets, but The Record reports that the ninth telecom identified itself as a victim after the government published a list of what to look for. Neuberger highlighted a number of steps the administration is undertaking to begin to […]
Commercial News- Danville reports a phishing attack on April 25 successfully gained access to a number of Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS) employees’ email accounts. The result was more than 1 million people had their information accessed. More than 4,700 people — three of whom were employees — had their Social Security numbers in […]
The Record reports: A September ransomware attack on American Addiction Centers exposed the sensitive healthcare information of more than 400,000 people. The company began mailing out breach notification letters ahead of the Christmas holiday, warning 422,424 people that Social Security numbers and health insurance information were among the data leaked during the attack. The company runs a […]
In early January, loanDepot posted a message on its site about a cyberattack that resulted in it taking its systems offline. In February, BlackCat threat actors claimed responsibility for the attack while loanDepot began notifying almost 17 million customers. Now National Mortgage News reports that a settlement is pending approval by a federal court judge: […]
It took them months to update their report, but Ascension has now disclosed how many patients were affected by a ransomware attack they disclosed earlier this year. Bleeping Computer reports: Ascension, one of the largest private U.S. healthcare systems, is notifying nearly 5.6 million patients and employees that their personal and health data was stolen […]
From Top Class Actions, news of a settlement involving insurance brokerage firm Arthur J. Gallagher & Co: Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. agreed to a $21 million class action lawsuit settlement to resolve claims it failed to prevent a 2020 data breach that compromised sensitive employee and client information. The Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. […]
