Megan Gray-Hatfield reports: A cyberattack on the Cooke County Sheriff’s Office compromised people’s personal information, County Judge Jason Brinkley said. A press release issued Monday, July 20, states a ransomware attack on the county’s information system for the CCSO on July 4 resulted in a data breach of personal identification information. Read more on Gainesville…
Month: July 2020
Ransomware attack on cloud-services provider affects charities and not-for-profits
Nicole K. D’Aoust and David Krebs of Miller Thomson write: A company that supplies cloud fundraising and accounting software to the charity and not-for-profit sector announced yesterday that it experienced a ransomware attack in May 2020. Blackbaud is the company behind such programs as Raiser’s Edge NXT, eTapestry, and The Financial Edge. The company’s press…
Naming names: some comments on Hunting Cyber Criminals’ attributions and proof
For the past few months, I waited for Vinny Troia of Night Lion Security to publish a report he prepared that would contain proof to support his claims that certain named individuals were members of thedarkoverlord. In the last few weeks, Troia expanded his claims to assert that he had also identified members of GnosticPlayers…
Argentinian telecom supposedly hit by a crypto ransomware
Ali Raza reports: A string of massive hacking attacks that are related to cryptocurrencies one way or another continues. Last week, the biggest such hack saw the attackers hijack numerous highly-visible accounts to promote a Bitcoin scam. Today, new reports indicate that Argentina’s largest Telecom fell victim to ransomware that demands a massive ransom. According to…
Data stolen in Nefilim ransomware attack on French telco Orange
Duncan Riley reports: French telecommunications company Orange S.A. has been targeted by a ransomware attack with data stolen. First reported July 16 by Bleeping Computer, the ransomware attack targeted Orange’s Business Services division, which offers enterprise solutions such as remote support, virtual workstations, system security, cloud backups and cloud hosting. Read more on SiliconAngle.
‘Unforgivable’: The privacy breach that exposed sensitive details of WA’s virus fight
Kelly Haywood and Gary Adshead report: One of Western Australia’s biggest privacy breaches, which involves the interception of thousands of State Government communications, is under investigation. Nine News revealed on Monday evening that the most sensitive information to be hacked and posted to a public website relates to the management of the Covid-19 crisis in…