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Decryptor released for Prometheus ransomware victims

Posted on August 1, 2021 by Dissent

Catalin Cimpanu reports: Taiwanese security firm CyCraft has released a free application that can help victims of the Prometheus ransomware recover and decrypt some of their files. Available on GitHub, the decryptor effectively works by brute-forcing the encryption key used to lock the victim’s data. Read more on The Record.

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Hacker attack on the Lazio Region. Vaccine reservations suspended, shadow ransomware

Posted on August 1, 2021 by Dissent

Arcangelo Ròciola reports: AGI – Unprecedented hacker attack on the IT systems of the Lazio Region. A virus has taken offline the Region’s website, that of the Regional Council and the booking portal for vaccines against Covid-19. Systems went haywire about shortly after midnight today. From what AGI learned shortly after the attack, the virus…

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Fr: Former police officer convicted of selling confidential information on the dark web

Posted on August 1, 2021 by Dissent

Marco A. De Felice reports: Christophe Boutry, a former DGSI ( Direction Générale de la Sécurité Intérieure ) agent, was sentenced to 7 years in prison (with a two-year suspension) for selling confidential information from law enforcement databases on the darkweb. Documents stolen from police archives include fake marriage permits and certificates and sensitive information on the Marseille…

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Student sues San Dieguito district, says classmate cyberstalked her, hacked her grades

Posted on August 1, 2021 by Dissent

I missed this one when it was first published two weeks ago, but apart from the privacy issues involving cyberstalking, it involves a hack of a school district’s information system and a class action lawsuit against the software firm.   Kristen Taketa reported: Haley Dinsmore was 12 when a classmate at Earl Warren Middle School asked…

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Suspect File updates the Blackbaud incident tally for the education sector

Posted on August 1, 2021 by Dissent

Courtesy of Suspect File, this update to the list of educational entities impacted by the 2020 Blackbaud ransomware incident: UPDATE (5) of 31.07.2021 (June / July 2021) Total number of people involved 7,984,697 (+5,907) In the update of 07/31/2021, 3 new Institutions affected by the Blackbaud Data Breach are added. As of 30.05 2021, the…

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Wawa Customers Win Initial Settlement Approval in Data Suit

Posted on August 1, 2021 by Dissent

Maeve Allsup reports: More than 22 million Wawa Inc. customers were granted preliminary class status Friday in a suit stemming from a data breach that led to the sale of their payment information on the dark web. [See previous coverage here,  here, and here] Hackers accessed Wawa’s point-of-sale systems and installed malware targeting in-store payment…

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