Data Breach News
December 12, 2023
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Disgruntled Cloud Engineer Sentenced to Two Years in Prison for Intentionally Damaging His Former Employer’s Computer Network After He Was Fired

Miklos Daniel Brody Retaliated Against His Former Employer, a Bank, byDamaging the Bank’s Cloud System and Stealing Valuable Computer Code SAN FRANCISCO – Miklos Daniel Brody was sentenced to 24 months in prison todayfor a network intrusion and for making false statements to a governmentagency, announced United States Attorney Ismail J. Ramsey and United StatesSecret […]

Data Breach News, Malware Ransomware
December 12, 2023
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Threat Actor Targets Recruiters With Malware

Infosecurity Magazine reports: Proofpoint has warned recruiters of a skilled threat actor targeting them with emails designed to deploy malware. TA4557 is a financially motivated threat actor known to distribute the More_Eggs backdoor, which is designed to establish persistence, profile the targeted machine and drop additional payloads. Throughout 2022 and most of 2023 the actor has […]

Data Breach News, Vulnerabilities
December 11, 2023
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North Korean hackers Lazarus Group takes new Telegram tactics

SiliconAngle reports: Cisco Systems Inc.’s Talos Intelligence unit posted today new findings about the North Korean hacking group called Lazarus that outline new ways it’s targeting attacks. “We have observed Lazarus target companies in the manufacturing, agricultural and physical security sectors,” their analysts wrote in the post. The group has been around since 2010 and was responsible most recently […]

Data Breach News
December 09, 2023
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23andMe updates user agreement to prevent data breach lawsuits

You have a massive data breach from a credential stuffing attack that affects millions of users’ sensitive genetic information, and then you change your terms of service to make it harder for people to sue you in the event of a data breach? How will that go over with the public and potential users? Bleeping […]

Data Breach News, Healthcare
December 07, 2023
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CarePointe ENT Settles HIPAA Lawsuit with Indiana Attorney General

The HIPAA Journal reports: In late September 2023, Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita filed a lawsuit against CarePointe ENT over a ransomware attack and data breach that affected 48,742 individuals. A settlement has been reached that will see CarePointe pay $125,000 to resolve alleged violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability (HIPAA) Act and […]

Data Breach News
December 07, 2023
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Russian hackers accused of targeting U.S. intelligence community with spear phishing campaign

CBS reports:  Russia-based hackers conducted a sophisticated cyber campaign against American intelligence officials, including contractors at the State and Defense Departments, as part of an international operation that included NATO members and Ukraine, the Justice Department alleged Thursday. Prosecutors accused an officer in Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) and another co-defendant of carrying out a […]

Data Breach News, Healthcare
December 07, 2023
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Nine Prime Healthcare hospitals affected by MOVEit breach

CBIZ KA is a third-party vendor for Prime Healthcare that was affected by the MOVEit breach. They have issued the following notice: CBIZ KA, a third-party vendor for Prime Healthcare (Prime), discovered a security incident involving CBIZ’s use of MOVEit Transfer software, which has recently reported a security vulnerability. Prime takes the responsibility of safeguarding […]