Radio New Zealand reports: A team of Australian cyber experts flew to Tonga this week after the country’s National Health Information System was breached, leading to a demand for payment from the hackers. Talanoa O Tonga reports the Health Minister Dr ʻAna ʻAkauʻola saying the system has been shut down, and staff are handling data manually. Dr…
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Russia Expert Falls Prey to Elite Hackers Disguised as US Officials
Kevin Poireault reports: Keir Giles, a British expert on Russian information operations, has been targeted by a sophisticated spear phishing attack using novel social engineering techniques. The writer and senior consulting fellow at the UK think tank Chatham House was lured into sending app-specific passwords to someone impersonating a US State Department employee. The Google…
Proposed class action settlement in In re Netgain Technology litigation
There’s an update to the Netgain ransomware attack incident that was first reported in 2020 and thereafter. CPT Group, Inc., announces a proposed class action settlement in In re Netgain Technology, LLC, Consumer Data Breach Litigation, Case No. 21-cv-1210 (SRN/LIB), United States District Court District of Minnesota. What is this about? Plaintiffs allege that the data incident occurred between September 2020 and November 2020 when an…
Qilin Offers “Call a lawyer” Button For Affiliates Attempting To Extort Ransoms From Victims Who Won’t Pay
Graham Cluley reports: Imagine for one moment that you are a cybercriminal. You have compromised an organisation’s network, you have stolen their data, you have encrypted their network, and you are now knee-deep in the ransomware negotiation. However, there’s a problem. Your target is stalling for time. Who can you, as the perpetrator of the…
Ireland’s Data Protection Commission publishes 2024 Annual Report
The Data Protection Commission has today launched its Annual Report for 2024 and released the results of its first Public Attitudes Survey. From their press release: Highlights of the 2024 Annual Report The DPC issued 11 finalised inquiry decisions resulting in administrative fines totalling €652 million during 2024. Multiple reprimands and compliance orders were also imposed….
The headlines suggested Freedman Healthcare suffered a ransomware attack that affected patient data. The reality was quite different.
Today’s post is a reminder why maybe we should all wait a bit before just repeating criminals’ claims about an attack. The group known as World Leaks recently added Freedman Healthcare to their leak site, claiming to have acquired 52.4 GB of data comprising more than 42,000 files. Some news sites reporting on the listing…