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May 22, 2025
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Russian Intelligence Hackers Stalk Western Logistics Firms

GovInfoSecurity reports: A slew of Western cybersecurity agencies warned Wednesday that Russian intelligence is targeting logistics and technology companies in a prolonged hacking campaign that includes an emphasis on internet-connected cameras situated along border crossings and military installations. The advisory includes indicators of compromise typical of an attack by Unit 26165 of the Russian Main Intelligence Directorate. […]

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May 21, 2025
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Massachusetts student pleads guilty to hacking and extorting PowerSchool and an unnamed telecom

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts announced yesterday that  Matthew D. Lane, 19, a student at Assumption University in Worcester, Mass., was charged and has agreed to plead guilty in connection with hacking into the computer networks of two U.S.-based companies and extorting the companies for ransoms. The two companies were not named in the Information […]

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May 21, 2025
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UK: Post Office to compensate hundreds of data breach victims

Hundreds of former subpostmasters are to be compensated by the Post Office after it accidentally leaked their names and addresses online last year. Some data leaks are more sensitive or problematic than others. A leak on the Post Office’s site is one of the more problematic ones. The Bolton News reports: The Post Office confirmed […]

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May 20, 2025
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Legal aid hack: data from hundreds of thousands of people accessed, says Ministry of Justice

The Guardian reports that a significant cyberattack affecting the Legal Aid Agency in the UK affects both legal aid applicants and legal aid providers: The personal data of hundreds of thousands of legal aid applicants in England and Wales dating back to 2010, including criminal records and financial details, has been accessed and downloaded in a “significant” […]

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May 20, 2025
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Pharma giant Regeneron to buy 23andMe and its customers’ data for $256M

TechCrunch reports: Pharmaceutical maker Regeneron announced Monday it will buy genetic testing company 23andMe for $256 million following a bankruptcy auction.  Regeneron said it will acquire 23andMe’s genomics service and its bank of 15 million customers’ personal and genetic data as part of the deal. The pharma giant said it plans to use the 23andMe customer data […]

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May 19, 2025
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Scattered Spider gang is really good at fake help-desk calls

The Register reports: The call came into the help desk at a large US retailer. An employee had been locked out of their corporate accounts.  But the caller wasn’t actually a company employee. He was a Scattered Spider criminal trying to break into the retailer’s systems – and he was really good, according to Jon […]

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May 18, 2025
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Broadcom employee data stolen by ransomware crooks following hit on payroll provider

The Register reports: A ransomware attack at a Middle Eastern business partner of payroll company ADP has led to customer data theft at Broadcom, The Register has learned. It’s understood Broadcom’s HR department has begun the process of informing current and former staff who are affected by the September ransomware attack at Business Systems House (BSH).  Broadcom […]

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May 17, 2025
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Breachforums Boss to Pay $700k in Healthcare Breach

Brian Krebs reports: In what experts are calling a novel legal outcome, the 22-year-old former administrator of the cybercrime community Breachforums will forfeit nearly $700,000 to settle a civil lawsuit from a health insurance company whose customer data was posted for sale on the forum in 2023. Conor Brian Fitzpatrick, a.k.a. “Pompompurin,” is slated for resentencing next month […]