There’s an update to the case involving a member of FIN7. Three members of the group had been taken into custody in 2018 and their alleged ringleader pleaded guilty in 2020 A Ukrainian national was sentenced today in the Western District of Washington to seven years in prison for his role in the criminal work…
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Arrested Clop gang members laundered over $500M in ransomware payments
Catalin Cimpanu reports: The members of the Clop ransomware gang that were arrested last week in Ukraine as part of an international law enforcement action also operated money laundering services for multiple cybercrime groups. According to cryptocurrency exchange portal Binance, the group engaged in both cyber-attacks and “a high-risk exchanger” that laundered funds for the Clop ransomware…
Westfield clerk, mayor battle over spyware installed on city hall computers
Richard Essex reports: Spyware was found on all of the computers in the Westfield clerk treasurer’s office, and now she and the mayor are battling in court about it. This particular software allows remote access to all the data stored in that office, which includes information for a dozen city bank accounts, and personal information…
Hackers leak 260,000 accounts from Pakistani music streaming site Patari
Waqas reports: Patari or Patari.pk, a Pakistani music streaming site has suffered a data breach in which its database containing personal data and login credentials of over 257,000 registered users has been leaked on English and Russian language hacker forums. The exact date of the data breach remains unknown however the database was dumped online…
Russian security chief says Moscow will work with U.S. to find hackers
Reuters reports: Russia will work with the United States to track down cyber criminals, the head of the FSB security service said on Wednesday, a week after U.S. President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed to increase cooperation in certain areas. “We will work together (on locating hackers) and hope for reciprocity,” the…
Data breaches: Most victims unaware when shown evidence of multiple compromised accounts
The implications of this research report are somewhat disheartening — but also important. If even with media coverage, notification laws, and HaveIBeenPwned, people STILL don’t know that their info has been caught up in multiple breaches, we need to do more educating. It’s been nine years since the LinkedIn data breach, eight years since Adobe…