Joshua Irvine reports: The business manager of Grand Forks Public Schools said Monday the $2.2 million swindled from the district earlier this year was taken in a phishing scheme. […] In the four days leading up to the Sept. 13 fraud event, the district’s business office made more than a thousand payments, according to records…
Author: Dissent
Ransomware Group Cooperation: A Growing Challenge in the Fight Against Cybercrime
Marco A. De Felice (aka @amvinfe) of SuspectFile and DataBreaches have often shared information with each other about threat actors or incidents, including what may appear to be second attacks or maybe just a re-listing of a previous attack. He has recently taken a look at listings of data claimed by two or more groups to…
Hackers breach Andrew Tate’s online university—obtain chat logs and leak data on 800,000 users
Mikael Thalen reports: An online course founded by far-right influencer Andrew Tate was breached by hackers, revealing the email addresses of roughly 325,000 users. The self-described online university, known as The Real World, offers users “advanced training and mentoring” for around $50 per month. Formerly known as Hustler’s University, the platform focuses on topics such…
Cyberattack at French hospital exposes health data of 750,000 patients
Bill Toulas reports: A data breach at an unnamed French hospital exposed the medical records of 750,000 patients after a threat actor gained access to its electronic patient record system. A threat actor using the nickname ‘nears’ (previously near2tlg) claimed to have attacked multiple healthcare facilities in France, alleging that they have access to the patient…
Justice Department Seizes Cybercrime Website and Charges Its Administrators
Three Administrators Charged and Cryptocurrency Seized The Justice Department today announced the seizure of PopeyeTools, an illicit website and marketplace dedicated to selling stolen credit cards and other tools for carrying out cybercrime and fraud, and unsealed criminal charges against three PopeyeTools administrators: Abdul Ghaffar, 25, of Pakistan; Abdul Sami, 35, of Pakistan; and Javed…
5 Alleged Members of Scattered Spider Charged Federally (1)
LOS ANGELES – Law enforcement today unsealed criminal charges against five defendants who allegedly targeted employees of companies nationwide with phishing text messages and then used the harvested employee credentials to log in and steal non-public company data and information and to hack into virtual currency accounts to steal millions of dollars in cryptocurrency. The following…