Dutch News reports: A 20-year-old Englishman appeared in court in Rotterdam on Tuesday for his role in setting up and running a dark web marketplace named Bohemia. Finlay H, who was just 17 when he became embroiled in the website, was arrested at Schiphol airport this summer. He was in court for a procedural hearing…
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When you don’t know why you are being notified of a breach, Tuesday edition (2)
On March 19, 2024, DataBreaches reported a ransomware attack targeting New York Plastic Surgical Group (a division of Long Island Plastic Surgical Group). According to one of the threat actors involved, the attack occurred on January 7 and involved both RADAR and AlphV (BlackCat) groups working together — AlphV to encrypt files and negotiate the ransom…
Water supplier American Water Works says systems hacked
Kate Gibson reports: American Water Works — a supplier of drinking water and wastewater services to more than 14 million people — on Monday said hackers had breached its computer networks and systems, prompting it to pause billing to customers. The Camden, New Jersey-based utility became aware of the unauthorized activity on Thursday, and took…
ADT Says Outside Party Obtained Employee Data in Cybersecurity Incident
Connor Hart reports: ADT is working with third-party cybersecurity experts and federal law enforcement to address an incident in which an outside party had illegally accessed its network, obtaining encrypted employee data. The Boca Raton, Fla., home-security company on Monday said that the outside party, which it called an unauthorized actor, was able to access…
School districts in Illinois, Louisiana, and Texas all recently reported breaches
School districts in Illinois, Louisiana, and Texas have all recently reported data security incidents. One involved insider wrongdoing, while the other two appear to be external incidents. In Illinois, Sydney Sinks reports: A recent data breach in Bethalto Community Unit School District #8 targeted Superintendent Dr. Jill Griffin, according to the school district. On Oct….
Ukrainian National Pleads Guilty to “Raccoon Infostealer” Cybercrime
AUSTIN, Texas– A Ukrainian national pleaded guilty in federal court in Austin today to one count of conspiracy to commit computer intrusion. According to court documents, Mark Sokolovsky, 28, conspired to operate the Raccoon Infostealer as a malware-as-a-service or “MaaS.” Individuals who deployed Raccoon Infostealer to steal data from victims leased access to the malware…