Scores of US credit unions offline after ransomware infects backend cloud firm Trellance
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KyberSwap Hacker Demands To Be Kyber Director (1)
The Crypto Times reports on an astonishing situation: The hacker behind KyberSwap’s $46 million exploit has shared a message with the KyberDAO Multisig wallet demanding to become Kyber Director and taking complete control over the company. In the onchain encoded message, the hacker has stated several demands as a part of the settlement and asked to be granted […]
DFS Announces $1 Million Cybersecurity Settlement With First American Title Insurance Company
On November 28, the New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) issued a press release about a settlement stemming from a 2019 data breach: The New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) today announced that First American Title Insurance Company (First American) will pay a $1 million penalty to New York State for […]
Ransomware attack on Ardent Health Services causes outages in multiple hospitals and states
Ardent Health Services owns and operates 30 hospitals and health systems with 200+ sites of care with more than 1,400 aligned providers in six states. Earlier today, they posted a security incident notice on their site: Ardent Health Services and its affiliated entities (“Ardent”) became aware of an information technology cybersecurity incident on the morning of […]
Henry Schein re-encrypted by BlackCat again
DataBreaches.net reports on a ransomware incident where the victim was re-encrypted — and then re-encrypted again. From there, things took a downward turn, with AlphV getting mad at Henry Schein and Coveware and re-encrypting Henry Schein to put more pressure on them to negotiate and pay. DataBreaches.net provides a chronology of updates, including what seems […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]