Brian Krebs reports: A 22-year-old man from the United Kingdom arrested this week in Spain is allegedly the ringleader of Scattered Spider, a cybercrime group suspected of hacking into Twilio, LastPass, DoorDash, Mailchimp, and nearly 130 other organizations over the past two years. The Spanish daily Murcia Today reports the suspect was wanted by the FBI and arrested in Palma de Mallorca as he…
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Blackbaud settles California charges over 2020 data breach for $6.75 million
In October 2023, Blackbaud settled charges by 49 state attorneys general and D.C. stemming from a 2020 data breach. They settled for nearly $50 million. Now they have settled with California for $6.75 million. The state issued the following press release: California Attorney General Rob Bonta today announced a settlement with Blackbaud, a South Carolina-based…
Phishing attack hits L.A. County public health agency, jeopardizing 200,000-plus residents’ personal info
Hannah Fry reports: The personal information of more than 200,000 people in Los Angeles County was potentially exposed after a hacker used a phishing email to steal the login credentials of 53 public health employees, the county announced Friday. Details that were possibly accessed in the February data breach include the first and last names,…
Microsoft bigwig says the Feds catching Chinese spies in Exchange Online is the cloud working as intended
Jessica Lyons reports: Lawmakers on Thursday grilled Microsoft president Brad Smith about the Windows giant’s businesses dealing in China — and the super-corp’s repeated security failings — at a time when Beijing-backed spies are accused of breaking into Microsoft-hosted email accounts of American government officials. A US House committee hearing was held in response to…
Ca: Innomar Strategies patients affected by a cyber attack
DataBreaches has previously reported some of the developing news concerning a cyberattack on Cencora/Lash Group. Our coverage focused on affected U.S. entities, but Canadian and UK entities were also affected. Wire News Fax reports: Medical and personal patient data from Innomar Strategies – a major Canadian pharmaceutical company – was stolen following an intrusion into…
Insider threat: Months after being fired, former employee accessed company’s computer test system and deleted servers, causing it to lose S$918,000
CNA reports: Singapore: Upset that he was fired, an employee accessed his former company’s computer test systems and deleted 180 virtual servers, costing them about S$918,000 (US$678,000). Kandula Nagaraju, 39, was sentenced to two years and eight months’ jail on Monday (Jun 10) for one charge of unauthorised access to computer material. Another charge was…