The Register reports: France’s tax authority has confirmed that an intruder accessed its systems and extracted data in June after an alleged cybercriminal advertised a purported database of 2 million taxpayers. Using the alias “ZeroBytes,” the alleged crook behind the attack on the General Directorate of Public Finances (DGFiP) advertised the stolen database on a […]
The Record reports: The Trump administration will allow private companies to launch attacks on cybercrime organizations, according to a presidential memorandum released late on Wednesday. The firms will partner with the Justice and Homeland Security departments on offensive operations and surveillance targeting “transnational cybercrime, fraud, and other predatory schemes against American citizens.” “By partnering with vetted United […]
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The Times of India reports: TCS informed the stock exchanges on Monday that it received threat-intelligence alerts alleging possible exposure to certain employee information but said its investigation found no credible evidence of a breach of its systems or customerenvironments. The disclosure follows a post by data security firm S2W on X, which said a […]
The Record reports: A national water association is creating a program designed to provide threat intelligence and cybersecurity services to underfunded water and wastewater systems across the U.S. On Friday, the National Rural Water Association (NRWA) launched a partnership with DEF CON Franklin — an organization that has sought to pair volunteer cybersecurity experts with cash-strapped water […]
Non-profit organizations are not immune to cyberattacks by unscrupulous threat actors. In this case, a third-party vendor was hit, as Yahoo! UK reports: An investigation has been launched after Southampton Hospitals Charity is among 1,500 potentially affected by a cyber attack. Southampton Hospitals Charity confirmed it is one of the charities targeted in a cyber-security […]
The Record reports: A Canadian national is facing decades in prison for participating in the hacking of data storage platform Snowflake. Connor Riley Moucka, 26, pleaded guilty to computer fraud, wire fraud, aggravated identity theft and a related conspiracy on Wednesday in a Washington state federal court. He will be sentenced on October 27 and […]
The Hacker News reports: A federal judge in Alexandria, Virginia, sentenced Maksim Silnikau to 16 years in prison on August 5 for creating and running Ransom Cartel, the ransomware-as-a-service operation he stood up in 2021. Between 2021 and 2023, Ransom Cartel conspirators attacked at least 18 companies, including firms in California, New York and Nebraska, and others abroad, […]
Fox News reports: Making a few extra dollars online should not put your bank details or identity at risk. Yet that is the concern for people who used Paidwork, an online earnings application. A leaked database tied to the platform reportedly contains information from more than 23 million accounts. If you ever signed up, now […]
A Public Service Announcement from the FBI: Alert: I-073026-PSA | 30 JULY 2026 Malicious Cyber Actors Targeting Water and Wastewater Sector Internet-Facing Programmable Logic Controllers, Causing Operational Disruptions INTRODUCTION The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are issuing this Public Service Announcement (PSA) to warn critical infrastructure asset owners and operators […]
