TechCrunch reports on another big breach related to the Snowflake incident: U.S. phone giant AT&T confirmed Friday it will begin notifying millions of consumers about a fresh data breach that allowed cybercriminals to steal the phone records of “nearly all” of its customers, a company spokesperson told TechCrunch. In a statement, AT&T said that the […]
by Craig Silverman, ProPublica ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. This story was originally published on ProPublica. Series: Zero Trust:Inside Microsoft’s Cybersecurity Failures Investigating how the world’s largest software provider handles the security of its own ubiquitous products. […]
The education sector continues to be a soft target for threat actors. The Record reports: The Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences announced on Monday it was targeted by “a serious hacker attack” that has led to a total shutdown of its IT systems. It is the latest in a string of disruptive cyber incidents to […]
vpnMentor reports: Cybersecurity Researcher, Jeremiah Fowler, discovered and reported to vpnMentor about a non-password-protected database that contained 38.6 million records belonging to Rapid Legal — a legal support services company that offers court filing, process serving, and document retrieval services for law firms, legal departments, and self-represented litigants. The database contained court documents, service agreements, and payment […]
More than 6,000 operations and appointments have been postponed at London hospitals affected by the Synnovis cyber attack, NHS England has confirmed. Digital Health reports that on 4 July 2024, NHSE published an update on the ransomware attack. The update indicated that 4,913 acute outpatient appointments and 1,391 elective procedures have been postponed at King’s […]
It seems that those involved in hacking Snowflake customers like Ticketmaster took a second look at the data they acquired, did a little happy dance, and upped their extortion demands. They may have danced too soon. Bleeping Computer reports: Hackers have leaked what they claim is Ticketmaster barcode data for 166,000 Taylor Swift Eras Tour […]
HackRead reports that ShinyHunters has claimed responsibility for attacks on Twilio Authy, Neiman Marcus, and Truist Bank and has leaked data from all three. The infamous ShinyHunters hacking group, known for their recent Ticketmaster data breach, has struck again with a series of new attacks. This time, they have targeted Neiman Marcus, a renowned American luxury […]
The Record reports: Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA) on Wednesday sent Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) Director Jen Easterly a stern letter seeking documentation and answers relating to a January hack of the agency’s Chemical Security Assessment Tool (CSAT) along with the breach of a second sensitive system. Grassley noted that the cyberattack led to “malicious activity” […]
On June 27, TeamViewer issued a statement stating that it had detected an irregularity in its internal corporate environment. The statement emphasized that the internal corporate environment is completely independent from its product environment. An update issued on June 28 stated that current findings pointed to an attack tied to the credentials of a standard […]
In late January, Lurie Children’s Hospital took its phones, email, electronic health records system, and patient portal offline to deal with a ransomware attack. As a result, some patient care was disrupted or delayed. The hospital would not meet the threat actor’s demands for more than $3 million, and it wasn’t until a month later […]
