Joseph Topping reports: Officials in Leavenworth, Kansas, say a cyberattack behind a Nov. 19 network outage is still disrupting invoice, permitting and hiring systems, though emergency services remain unaffected. The city first reported a “network outage affecting city services” on Nov. 19 after computer and phone systems began failing late that morning. Outside information technology…
They’ve escaped a lot of media attention, but Anubis RaaS is a threat to the medical sector
Although many ransomware gangs no longer encrypt victims and focus on exfiltration and extortion, some groups continue to encrypt. Anubis RaaS is one of them. SuspectFile reports that Anubis recently attacked Mid South Pulmonary & Sleep Specialists (MSPS) in Tennessee and was willing to answer some questions from SuspectFile. According to the spokesperson, initial access…
“In the most expedient time possible…”
Regular readers have probably noticed that DataBreaches tends to get a tad sarcastic when entities claim they are notifying us of a “recent” breach, but that “recent” breach was quite a while ago. Although some state notification laws set specific deadlines for notification in the event of a breach, many states merely require notification “in…
Portugal updates cybercrime law to exempt security researchers
While the U.K. is considering amending its Computer Misuse Act to exempt or provide some safe harbor for security researchers, Portugal has actually enacted an update to its law. Bill Toulas reports: Portugal has modified its cybercrime law to establish a legal safe harbor for good-faith security research and to make hacking non-punishable under certain strict…
LockBit 5’s “new secure blog domain” infra leaked already
It seems like only yesterday that LockBit 5.0 announced, with its usual hubris, a “new secure blog domain, with a multi-layered protection system against all-powerful FBI agents.” And it seems like only yesterday that Rakesh Krishnan revealed LockBit 5’s IP address and domain. In a post on X.com on December 5, @RakeshKrish12 wrote: Exposing…
NL: Nuenen accidentally leaks addresses of 1,000 asylum center opponents
The NL Times reports: The municipality of Nuenen in Noord-Brabant inadvertently shared the addresses of more than 1,000 residents who had filed objections to the establishment of a temporary asylum seekers center, the local government reported. According to Omroep Brabant, the addresses were sent to multiple recipients in preparation for a hearing by the objections committee….