Dell Cameron reports: Swiss authorities on Friday raided the home of a computer hacker reportedly under FBI investigation who has also—unrelatedly—taken credit for the recent breach of U.S. security camera company. The company, Verkada Inc., has itself separately been accused of granting employees extraneous access to the private surveillance feeds of potentially thousands of global customers. Read…
Author: Dissent
Hackers hit Indians with ransomware supporting farmers
IANS reports: In a unique way to support protesting farmers in India, cyber criminals have launched a new ransomware attack in the country that does not ask for money but justice for the community, conveying a message that no data will be recovered until the demands of the farmers are met, a new report revealed on Wednesday….
WI: 900 emails of COVID vaccination registrants accidentally shared in Walworth County
Lake Geneva Regional News reports: Over 900 emails belonging to those who registered for COVID-19 vaccines were accidentally shared with the public. On March 11, the Walworth County Department of Health & Human Services announced a breach of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) related to its vaccine registration process. Read more on…
NY: Buffalo Public Schools hit with ransomware event
WBEN in Buffalo reports: Remote classes were canceled Friday in Buffalo Public Schools. Superintendent Kriner Cash says the district was hit by a ransomware event. The district says the IT department immediately went into problem resolution mode reaching out to a number of expert colleagues and professionals who have had experience with these types of…
NY: Home care agency notifies more than 92,000 after ransomware attack
Back in January, Sodinokibi (REvil) threat actors added Preferred Home Care of New York to their dark web leak site. At the time, the threat actors did what they usually do — they posted a few screencaps as proof of access. The screencaps showed directories of folders and images of identity cards of people working…
Meanwhile, over in Germany…
Some cybercrime reports out of Germany in the past 48 hours (translated): The city administration of Ebeleben was the victim of a massive hacker attack on Wednesday. All servers are out of order, it says from the town hall. For this reason, the city administration will remain closed until Tuesday, March 16, inclusive. Read more…