The Associated Press reports: A hacking group tied to Russian intelligence tried to worm its way into the systems of dozens of Western think tanks, journalists and former military and intelligence officials, Microsoft and U.S. authorities said Thursday. The group, known as Star Blizzard to cyberespionage experts, targeted its victims with emails that appeared to […]
The European Conservative reports: Dutch authorities have revealed a cyber attack resulting in the theft of details of almost all of the 65,000 police officers in the Netherlands. The digital heist includes police names and email addresses, along with an unspecified proportion of their private telephone numbers. Minister of Justice and Security David Van Weel […]
The Federal Communications Commission announced a major settlement today: WASHINGTON, September 30, 2024—The Federal Communications Commission today announced a groundbreaking data protection and cybersecurity settlement with T-Mobile to resolve the Enforcement Bureau’s investigations into significant data breaches that impacted millions of U.S. consumers. To settle the investigations, T-Mobile has agreed to important forward-looking commitments to address foundational […]
TechCrunch reports: Reset your clocks: Meta has been hit with yet another privacy penalty in Europe. On Friday, Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) announced a reprimand and a €91 million fine — around $101.5 million at current exchange rates — after concluding a multiyear investigation into a 2019 security breach by Facebook’s parent company. […] After investigating, […]
A press release from HHS OCR on September 26:
Newsweek reports login credentials or information on more than 3,000 Congressional staffers has been leaked on the dark web as a result of various leaks or breaches. Internet security firm Proton found over 1,800 passwords used by staffers in Congress available on the dark web, through an investigation of exposed accounts among U.S. political staffers, according to The Washington […]
Days after customers started complaining about outages, MoneyGram has confirmed that it was the victim of a cyberattack. Bleeping Computer reports: “MoneyGram recently identified a cybersecurity issue affecting certain of our systems,” reads the announcement. “Upon detection, we immediately launched an investigation and took protective steps to address it, including proactively taking systems offline, which […]
CBS News reports: AT&T has agreed to pay $13 million to settle a federal investigation into whether the mobile phone service provider failed to protect customer information in connection with a data breach last year, the Federal Communications Commission said Tuesday. The FCC’s probe focused on how AT&T’s privacy, cybersecurity and vendor management practices […]
Update of December 5: A federal judge granted early approval to a $30 million settlement. The case is In re 23andMe Inc Customer Data Security Breach Litigation, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, No. 24-md-03098. The official settlement website will be at https://www.23andmedatasettlement.com/ where those affected can get information on who is eligible to […]
Some experts from negotiation firms offer their perspectives on the thorny question of whether to pay ransom. Business Insider reports: Cybercriminals stealing important data and holding it for ransom can be a company’s worst nightmare. Instances of ransomware, a type of malicious software that holds sensitive data hostage until a victim pays the attacker, are […]
