The Guardian reports: Thousands of medical records and patient information stored with one of Australia’s biggest healthcare providers have been breached in a cyber-attack. Partnered Health, owned by private equity firm Quadrant, said 21 clinics across several cities including Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra have been affected by the breach which occurred on 23 June. “Our investigations […]
TechTimes reports: Notification letters from a company called AssuranceAmerica began arriving in mailboxes on July 10 — and if one reached yours, you are among 6,998,886 people whose driver’s license numbers, insurance records, and in many cases Social Security numbers were stolen in a March cyberattack. The breach is the largest known exposure of Americans’ […]
The Record reports two wins for law enforcement this week. U.S. prosecutors announced two milestones this week in their cases against major ransomware groups. Karen Serobovich Vardanyan, a 34-year-old Armenian national, pleaded guilty Wednesday in an Oregon federal court to conspiracy and computer fraud. For about six months beginning in November 2019, he accessed companies’ computer networks […]
The Register reports: Accenture has confirmed an “isolated matter” after a cybercriminal put up for sale what they allege is 35GB of the consulting giant’s internal data, including source code, cryptographic keys, and cloud credentials. The listing, seen by The Register, appeared on a cybercrime forum on July 6 under the title “Accenture Data Breach,” posted […]
The Record reports: The world’s largest medical device company is notifying more than 3.8 million people that their data may have been exposed in an attack reportedly linked to the ShinyHunters cybercrime group. On April 24, Medtronic confirmed an unauthorized party had accessed data in certain corporate IT systems, but said it had not identified […]
CNN reports: When an executive at a US law firm’s phone rang in April, the voice on the other end was urgent: A computer virus was spreading through the firm. The caller said they were from IT support and needed physical access to the lawyer’s computer because remote fixes to stop the attack weren’t working. […]
CPO Magazine reports: A data breach at Madison Square Garden Sports (MSGS) and the New York Knicks has exposed more than 26 million corporate and customer records, including the personal information of players and celebrities. MSGS learned of the data breach after the notorious hacking gang ShinyHunters, linked to several recent breaches, listed the company […]
Reuters reports: Cutting-edge artificial intelligence technology is poised to supercharge offensive hacking capabilities, and urgent action is needed to face up to the threat, US, UK, Canadian, Australian and New Zealand officials have said. “Frontier AI models are anticipated to exceed current industry expectations, fundamentally transforming both offensive and defensive cyber capabilities,” the intelligence alliance […]
HackRead reports that two hackers associated with Scattered Spider have pleaded guilty in the U.K. to some of their alleged crimes: Two young hackers, reportedly the members of the Scattered Spider hacking group, pleaded guilty under the Computer Misuse Act for their involvement in a £39 million cyberattack on Transport for London (TfL). Specifically, they admitted […]
Politie (the Dutch Police) reports: In Operation Endgame, a major operation this week disrupted a key infection chain used by cybercriminals. Within an international cooperation, 14.971 websites infected with SocGholish malware were remediated. This malware is used by a criminal group that plays a pivotal role in international cybercrime, namely: Evil Corp. SocGholish exploits hacked […]
