Researchers at GDI Foundation recently took a look at sites where you can find or buy records with users’ login credentials. The researchers validated the accuracy of some the records by contacting individuals whose details they found on some sites. The risk of such sites is obvious — criminals can cheaply buy data that they…
Month: December 2020
Police arrest two in data theft cyberattack on Leonardo defense corp
Lawrence Abrams reports: Italian police have arrested two people allegedly for using malware to steal 10 GB of confidential data and military secrets from defense company Leonardo S.p.A. Leonardo is one of the world’s largest defense contractors, with 30% of the company owned by the Italian Ministry of Economy and Finance. Read more on BleepingComputer.
3 Million Pluto TV Users’ Data Was Hacked, But the Company Isn’t Telling Them
Joseph Cox reports: Low-level hackers are trading a database of user information stolen from Pluto TV, a popular American internet television service. But Pluto TV has decided not to proactively inform users of the breach. The move is somewhat unusual in a space where companies increasingly inform their customers of data breaches, even regarding breaches…
Ransomware gangs are now cold-calling victims if they restore from backups without paying
Earlier this week, DataBreaches.net reported that a Georgia dental group was surprised to get a phone call from threat actors informing them that their files had been exfiltrated by the ransomware threat actors. It seems that when they had detected anomalies, they wiped the server and reinstalled from backup, and perhaps never noticed any “read…
A rough week in ransomware….
The following are just a few of the entities hit by ransomware attacks this week: USNR LLC is a manufacturing firm in Woodland, Washington. On their site, they describe themselves as “the world’s largest, most comprehensive supplier of equipment and technologies for the wood processing industry.” And according to a notification they sent, on September…
UK: Probe into data breach at Highland Perthshire resort after details of 2,400 members leaked online
Jamie Buchan reports: Bosses at a Perthshire holiday resort have been accused of an “inexcusable” security breach after posting the personal emails and phone numbers of more than 2,400 members on their website. The Loch Rannoch Highland Club, which counts former Tory leader Sir Iain Duncan Smith amongst its visitors, was reported to data protection…