IANS reports: Hackers have reportedly compromised tech company BGR’s (Boy Genius Report) India website and dumped its data containing emails, hashed passwords and other information on the Dark Web. According to data breach monitoring service ‘Under the Breach’, hackers shared SQL databases from unsecured AWS (Amazon Web Services) buckets and one archive belongs to the…
Month: February 2020
PH: ‘Comeleak’ hacker cleared of cybercrime charges in largest hack in Philippine history
Nikka G. Valenzuela reports: A Manila court has dismissed the cybercrime case against an information technology graduate who was charged in connection with the hacking of the Commission of Elections (Comelec) website in 2016—the biggest private data leak in Philippine history. Paul Loui Biteng was cleared of criminal charges after the prosecution failed to prove…
NC: Data breach potentially impacts hundreds of Brunswick County Schools employees
And then there were two….. WWAY News reports: The company that administers the Flexible Spending Account plans for Brunswick County Schools had a data breach, which means hundreds of school employees may be affected. Interactive Medical Systems Corporation is the third-party company that administers the employee benefit plan. The company noticed an IMS employee’s email…
NC: Data breach exposed some Lincoln County Schools workers’ private information
WSOC-TV reports: Some Lincoln County Schools workers’ private information has been exposed in a data breach. The company that handles the district’s employee benefits plan, Interactive Medical Systems Corporation, said it was attacked in a phishing scam. Read more on WSOC-TV.
IL: La Salle County: We’re still open for business
News Tribune reports: La Salle County officials Friday morning affirmed workers continue to restore the county’s computer network “with its first priority being public safety” after a ransomware attack this week. “All county offices remain open and are operating in lieu of their limited ability to access certain documents and records,” the statement read. “The…
Sodinokibi Ransomware Posts Alleged Data of Kenneth Cole Fashion Giant
Sergiu Gatlan reports: The operators behind Sodinokibi Ransomware published download links to files containing what they claim is financial and work documents, as well as customers’ personal data stolen from giant U.S. fashion house Kenneth Cole Productions. Sodinokibi (aka REvil) is a Ransomware-as-a-Service operation where the operators manage development of the ransomware and the payment portal used…