Data Breach News, Healthcare, News
November 26, 2023
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East Texas hospital network diverts ambulances because of potential cybersecurity incident (1)

CNN reports: A network of hospitals in East Texas has not been able to accept ambulances to emergency rooms since Thanksgiving Day because of a “potential [cyber]security incident,” a hospital spokesperson told CNN on Friday. The hospital network, UT Health East Texas, is operating using “established downtime procedures” as the hospital investigates “a potential security incident” and works to bring computers back online, spokesperson Allison Pollan said in an email. Pollan did not respond to subsequent […]

Data Breach News, Healthcare, News
November 25, 2023
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Hackers steal 8.4M+ patients’ data from healthcare software company Welltok

SiliconAngle reports: Hackers have stolen the personal data of more than 8.4 million patients from Welltok Inc., a Denver-based company that provides software for healthcare organizations. Welltok first disclosed the breach in October without sharing the full details of the incident. On Wednesday, it revealed that the hackers had stolen information belonging to some 8,493,379 […]

Data Breach News, Finance, Malware Ransomware, News
November 24, 2023
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BlackCat claims it is behind Fidelity National Financial ransomware shakedown

Americans who hoped to close on home sales this week may have had their hopes dashed by an attack on Fidelity National Financial. The Register reports: Fortune 500 insurance biz Fidelity National Financial (FNF) has confirmed that it has fallen victim to a “cybersecurity incident.” The announcement came in the form of an 8-K filing […]

News
November 23, 2023
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Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving 2023! This is our first Thanksgiving at The Data Breach Times and we are taking the day off to spend with our families and loved ones. When we give thanks this year, we will also be giving thanks for our readers and those who have helped us create this website and develop it. […]

Data Breach News, Malware Ransomware, News
November 22, 2023
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Sophos: Ransomware is crippling retail organizations

Seen on Back End News: Retail organizations faced a growing threat from ransomware attacks, with fewer managing to stop the encryption of their data. Sophos, a cybersecurity leader, revealed that only a quarter of retailers prevented data encryption during attacks in the last year, marking a decline from previous years.  This trend indicated a struggle […]

Data Breach News, News, Vulnerabilities
November 21, 2023
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Citrix warns admins to kill NetScaler user sessions to block hackers

Earlier today, CISA issued an advisory: StopRansomware: LockBit 3.0 Ransomware Affiliates Exploit CVE 2023-4966 Citrix Bleed Vulnerability. The advisory includes TTPs and IOCs obtained from FBI, ACSC, and voluntarily shared by Boeing following its recent attack by LockBit that resulted in their data being leaked. Boeing observed LockBit 3.0 affiliates exploiting CVE-2023-4966, to obtain initial […]

Data Breach News, News
November 21, 2023
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Cyberattacks at two Canadian government contractors affect former and current government employees, including RCMP and Defense

Bleeping Computer reports: The Canadian government says two of its contractors have been hacked, exposing sensitive information belonging to an undisclosed number of government employees.  These breaches occurred last month and impacted Brookfield Global Relocation Services (BGRS) and SIRVA Worldwide Relocation & Moving Services, both providers of relocation services to Canadian government employees.  Government-related information stored […]

Data Breach News, News
November 21, 2023
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Rhysida Hackers Demand £602,500 in Bitcoin After British Library Ransomware Attack

The420 reports: A lethal cyber attack has rocked the revered British Library, leaving its IT systems crippled for weeks. The brazen ransomware gang, known as the Rhysida group, has claimed responsibility for the attack, demanding a hefty sum of 20 Bitcoin, equivalent to approximately £602,500, for the return of stolen sensitive data, including employee passport […]

News, Cyberattack
November 19, 2023
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Justin Sun gives new ultimatum to Poloniex hackers, offers $10m bounty

Illustration of hooded hacker with face in shadows against a backdrop of bitcoins.

As The Data Breach Times noted on November 12, the founder of the Poloniex cryptocurrency exchange offered to pay the thieves who stole an estimated $120 million from the exchange $5 million if they returned the rest of the funds. The hacker(s) didn’t respond at all. The government and ransomware experts repeatedly advise and urge […]

Data Breach News, News
November 18, 2023
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‘I employ a lot of hackers’: how a stock exchange chief deters cyber-attacks

The Guardian reports: Six Group counts its profit in millions, but the financial pipework it controls moves billions. Its operations, which include the Spanish and Swiss stock exchanges, count as critical national infrastructure and this gives it a close relationship with governments and regulators in Madrid and Zurich. Those relationships are critical in an age […]