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March 15, 2025
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Judge Calls for Change Healthcare Data Breach Lawsuits in State and Federal Courts To Be Coordinated

About Lawsuits reports that all the state and federal lawsuits against Change Healthcare should be coordinated: The U.S. District Judge appointed to preside over all Change Healthcare data breach lawsuits brought throughout the federal court system has issued an order, outlining a plan to coordinate the pretrial proceedings in the federal multidistrict litigation (MDL) with claims pending […]

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March 14, 2025
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Dual Russian And Israeli National Extradited To The United States For His Role In The LockBit Ransomware Conspiracy

The U.S. Department of Justice announced: A dual Russian and Israeli national was extradited to the United States on charges that he was a developer of the LockBit ransomware group, United States Attorney John Giordano announced. In August, Rostislav Panev, 51, was arrested in Israel pursuant to a U.S. provisional arrest request.  Today, Panev was […]

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March 11, 2025
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Attorney General James Sues National General and Allstate Insurance for Failing to Protect New Yorkers’ Personal Information

The following is a press release issued yesterday by NY Attorney General Letitia James: NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James today filed a lawsuit against several insurance companies doing business as National General and Allstate Insurance Company (Allstate) for failing to protect New Yorkers’ personal information from cyberattacks. In 2020 and 2021, National General […]

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March 10, 2025
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North Korean hackers cash out £300,000,000 after billion-pound crypto heist

It was the biggest heist in history and hackers are already cashing out. MSN reports: North Korean hackers who orchestrated a billion-pound cryptocurrency heist have successfully cashed out over £232,000,000 of their loot. The hackers, known as the Lazarus Group, pulled off the biggest heist in history during a raid on crypto exchange ByBit two weeks ago, […]

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March 07, 2025
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Data breach at Japanese telecom giant NTT hits 18,000 companies

Bleeping Computer reports: Japanese telecommunication services provider NTT Communications Corporation (NTT) is warning almost 18,000 corporate customers that their information was compromised during a cybersecurity incident. The data breach was discovered in early February 2025, but the exact date when the hackers gained initial access to NTT’s systems hasn’t been determined. “NTT Communications Corporation discovered […]

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March 06, 2025
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Ransomware goes postal: US healthcare firms receive fake extortion letters

CSO Online reports: In late February, healthcare organizations across the US started receiving extortion demands by mail claiming that their organization’s data had been stolen in a ransomware attack and giving them 10 days to respond. According to the letters, printed on paper and delivered in envelopes purporting to be from the BianLian ransomware group, […]

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March 06, 2025
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US charges Chinese hackers, government officials in broad cyberespionage campaign

ABC News reports that the Department of Justice has announced indictments against 12 Chinese nationals involved in cyberespionage in U.S. v. Wu Haibo et al., U.S. v. Yin Kecheng, U.S. v. Zhou Shuai et al.: Twelve Chinese nationals, including mercenary hackers, law enforcement officers and employees of a private hacking company, have been charged in connection with global […]