Brian Didlake reports: Memphis-Shelby County Schools board members approved a multi-million dollar contract to continue doing business with a company they’re suing in court. The school board announced it was filing a lawsuit against PowerSchool earlier this month after thousands of students’ personal information was leaked. Now, board members said that was in the past…
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Iranian Man Pleaded Guilty to Role in Robbinhood Ransomware
From the U.S. Department of Justice: An Iranian national pleaded guilty today to participating in an international ransomware and extortion scheme involving the Robbinhood ransomware. According to court documents and statements made in court, Sina Gholinejad, 37, and his co-conspirators compromised the computer networks of cities, corporations, health care organizations, and other entities around the United…
Developments surrounding data breach at Dutch police
From a press release at politie.nl: The intelligence services AIVD and MIVD announced today that a previously unknown Russian cyber group has carried out hacks on various Dutch organisations, including the police in September 2024. This fits in with the findings of the investigation that the High Tech Crime Team started immediately after the hack,…
Estonia launches international search for Moroccan citizen wanted over data theft
ERR reports: The Central Criminal Police and the Office of the Prosecutor General have initiated an international search for a Moroccan citizen suspected of last year unlawfully accessing and downloading data from a customer card system managed by Allium UPI. Allium UPI is the parent company of the Apotheka pharmacy chain. Based on evidence collected…
Now it’s Tiffany: Another LVMH luxury brand hit by hackers
First it was Dior. Now it’s Tiffany & Co. Seok Nam-jun and Kim Mi-geon report: Tiffany & Co. has confirmed a data breach affecting customers in South Korea, marking the second such incident involving an LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton brand after a similar case at Dior. On May 26, Tiffany Korea notified select customers…
Dutch Government: More forms of espionage to be a criminal offence from 15 May onwards
From the Government of the Netherlands: More forms of espionage, such as digital and diaspora espionage, are to be a criminal offence from 15 May onwards. To achieve this a new criminal provision is being added to the Dutch Criminal Code. The government wants the law to protect national security, public safety, critical infrastructure and…