Lori Pilger reports: A North Carolina woman has sued Lincoln-based Ameritas in connection to a 2019 data breach that disclosed her personal information, along with at least 39,000 other customers. Cynthia Weisenberger’s attorney, Vince Powers, said in the past two years, she’s experienced a “slew of harms.” She’s lost $280 due to fraudulent activity on her…
Author: Dissent
US T-Mobile breach hits 53 million customers as probe finds wider impact
Reuters reports: T-Mobile US Inc said on Friday, August 20, an ongoing investigation into a data breach revealed that hackers accessed personal information of an additional 5.3 million customers, bringing the total number of people affected to more than 53 million. The third largest US wireless carrier had earlier this week said that personal data…
NZ: An isolated ransomware attack occurred on 21 July at the Search and Rescue Base at Aoraki/Mount Cook.
DOC reports: Department of Conservation Deputy Director General Corporate Services Rachel Bruce says DOC will be in contact with 11 people whose personal information may have been compromised in a ransomware attack. “An isolated ransomware attack occurred on 21 July at the Search and Rescue Base at Aoraki/Mount Cook. “The Search and Rescue (SAR) base…
Wanted: Disgruntled Employees to Deploy Ransomware
These “insider help wanted” ads are cropping up more and more. Brian Krebs reports: Criminal hackers will try almost anything to get inside a profitable enterprise and secure a million-dollar payday from a ransomware infection. Apparently now that includes emailing employees directly and asking them to unleash the malware inside their employer’s network in exchange…
Singapore real estate firm breached by ALTDOS
Singapore-based OrangeTee appears to have suffered a massive hack and data exfiltration by ALTDOS threat actors. “Your highly sophisticated work has exhausted us, both energy and financially,” the firm allegedly wrote to the threat actors on August 6. As this site previously reported, ALTDOS claimed responsibility for a recent attack on OrangeTee in Singapore. OrangeTee…
MO: Rockwood School District Provides Notice of Ransomware Incident
EUREKA, Mo., Aug. 19, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Rockwood School District (the “District”) today is providing information about a recent event that may impact the privacy of some personal data related to current and former employees and students. The confidentiality, privacy, and security of information in the District’s care is one of its highest priorities and the District takes…