Data Breach News
October 11, 2023
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Congressman Charged with Stealing Donor IDs, Charging Their Credit Cards

Despite facing numerous charges, Representative George Santos (R-NY) refused to resign from Congress. Now he is reportedly facing yet even more charges in a superseding indictment. The Associated Press reports: A new indictment filed Tuesday charged U.S. Rep. George Santos with stealing the identities of donors to his campaign and then using their credit cards to ring […]

Data Breach News, Finance
October 09, 2023
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Flagstar Bank third-party breach affects more than 800,000 customers

Bleeping Computer reports Flagstar Bank in Michigan is notifying 837,390 customers whose personal information, including Social Security numbers, was acquired by the Clop hacking gang in May. The breach was not of Flagstar’s systems but at FISERV, a vendor they use for payment processing and mobile banking services. FISERV was one of thousands of entities […]

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October 04, 2023
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Clorox Security Breach Linked to Group Behind Casino Hacks

Bloomberg reports that “Scattered Spider” may also be responsible for the recent attack on Clorox: A notorious group of hackers blamed for recent breaches on major casino companies is also suspected of being behind a recent cyberattack against Clorox Co. that has led to a nationwide shortage of its cleaning products. Officials suspect that “Scattered Spider” is […]

Data Breach News, Education Sector
September 26, 2023
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MOVEit fallout continues: National Student Clearinghouse discloses for 900 schools affected

The figures for the MOVEit data breach continue to rise to alarming heights. The Record reports: The National Student Clearinghouse (NSC) reported that nearly 900 colleges and universities across the U.S. had data stolen during attacks by a Russia-based ransomware gang exploiting the popular MOVEit file-sharing tool. The nonprofit manages educational reporting, data exchange, verification, […]

Cyberattack, Data Breach News, News
September 25, 2023
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Twin cyberattacks but different incident responses: Comparing MGM Resorts and Caesars

As an article in DarkReading highlights, it’s tempting to compare the incident responses by MGM Resorts and Caesars Entertainment to their recent cyberattacks because both are the same kind of entity and both were victims of the same threat actors (Scattered Spider/AlphV). But: Caesars quickly negotiated with the cyberattackers, and handed over a $15 million ransom payout, which […]

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September 19, 2023
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War crimes tribunal International Criminal Court says it has been hacked

Reuters reports:  The International Criminal Court (ICC) said on Tuesday its computer system had been hacked, a breach at one of the world’s most high-profile international institutions and one that handles highly sensitive information about war crimes. The ICC said it had detected unusual activity on its computer network at the end of last week, […]

Data Breach News
September 18, 2023
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Victims of MOVEit breach continue to emerge

One of the biggest breaches of 2023 involves the 0-day attack by Clop threat actors on file transfer software called MOVEit by Progress Software. The attack was launched in May and June. It affected more than 1,100 entities and more than 56 million people according to statistics compiled by Emsisoft. One of the most recent […]

Data Breach News, News
September 18, 2023
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Analyst: MGM losing $4.2M-$8.4M a day because of cyberattack

MGM Resorts International could be losing between $4.2 million and $8.4 million in daily revenue and around $1 million in cash flow every day it’s under a cyberattack, a gaming industry analyst said in a Sunday report to investors. David Katz, an equity analyst with New York-based Jefferies Group, in a weekly report on gaming, […]