Bleeping Computer reports: Threat actors are using email addresses exposed in data breaches leaked by the ShinyHunters extortion group to send sextortion emails demanding $2,000 in Bitcoin. The emails claim to come from ShinyHunters and tell recipients that hackers compromised their devices after obtaining their email addresses from breached company databases. However, the messages appear […]
Bleeping Computer reports: The ShinyHunters extortion gang has claimed responsibility for a recently disclosed Ernst & Young data breach, saying it obtained credentials for some of the company’s systems via a supply-chain attack. Ernst & Young disclosed the breach earlier this month, saying a third-party support ticket system used by its IT personnel was compromised […]
NPR in Kansas City reports: Organizations in the Midwest experienced 7% more cyberattacks than the national average during the first five months of 2026, according to data from Check Point Research. Healthcare, financial services, and energy and utilities are among the most targeted industries. “The central U.S. has hospitals, manufacturers, banks and utilities that are highly […]
Paubox reports: In October of 2024, Healthcare Services Group (HCSG), a Bensalem, Pennsylvania-based provider of environmental, dining, and nutritional support for healthcare facilities, became aware of a data breach that impacted 624,496 individuals, including employees and patients. Data that was accessed in the breach included names, Social Security numbers, driver’s license numbers, state identification numbers, financial account information, full […]
Atlanta News First reports: Fairlife has stopped producing milk in the United States after it was hit by a ransomware attack, Coca-Cola announced Thursday. Fairlife identified “unauthorized access by a third party to a portion of its systems, including its production-related systems, in connection with a ransomware event.” The company notified law enforcement and is […]
SecurityWeek reports: Healthcare diagnostics company Centers Laboratory (Centers Lab NJ LLC) has informed the US government that a data breach discovered nearly one year ago affects more than 540,000 individuals. According to a data breach notice posted on its website, the New Jersey-based provider of testing and laboratory services for healthcare organizations discovered an intrusion in its […]
The Verge reports: Federal authorities have arrested a Florida man suspected of stealing at least $220,000 in crypto through malware-infected Steam games, as reported earlier by local news outlet Local10. In the complaint, officials accuse 21-year-old Zyaire Wilkins and co-conspirators of launching eight malware-embedded games from around May 2024 to February 2026, allowing them to infect about 8,000 […]
Inside Higher Ed reports that recovery from the Canvas data breach encountered a glitch: In the aftermath, Instructure CEO Steve Daly vowed to be “transparent about what happened” and provide K–12 schools and higher education institutions “with information as quickly as we responsibly could.” Over the past two months, Instructure has worked “to conduct a detailed forensic […]
The Guardian reports: Thousands of medical records and patient information stored with one of Australia’s biggest healthcare providers have been breached in a cyber-attack. Partnered Health, owned by private equity firm Quadrant, said 21 clinics across several cities including Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra have been affected by the breach which occurred on 23 June. “Our investigations […]
Help Net Security reports: A financially motivated threat actor is impersonating hundreds of brands on GitHub and pushing a smash-and-grab infostealer masquerading as legitimate downloads of popular software, Arctic Wolf threat researchers have warned. “The 292 impersonated repositories span security tooling, fintech and personal finance, cryptocurrency wallets and exchanges, developer and productivity tools, secure email […]
