Mikael Thalen reports: An online course founded by far-right influencer Andrew Tate was breached by hackers, revealing the email addresses of roughly 325,000 users. The self-described online university, known as The Real World, offers users “advanced training and mentoring” for around $50 per month. Formerly known as Hustler’s University, the platform focuses on topics such…
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Cyberattack at French hospital exposes health data of 750,000 patients
Bill Toulas reports: A data breach at an unnamed French hospital exposed the medical records of 750,000 patients after a threat actor gained access to its electronic patient record system. A threat actor using the nickname ‘nears’ (previously near2tlg) claimed to have attacked multiple healthcare facilities in France, alleging that they have access to the patient…
Justice Department Seizes Cybercrime Website and Charges Its Administrators
Three Administrators Charged and Cryptocurrency Seized The Justice Department today announced the seizure of PopeyeTools, an illicit website and marketplace dedicated to selling stolen credit cards and other tools for carrying out cybercrime and fraud, and unsealed criminal charges against three PopeyeTools administrators: Abdul Ghaffar, 25, of Pakistan; Abdul Sami, 35, of Pakistan; and Javed…
5 Alleged Members of Scattered Spider Charged Federally (1)
LOS ANGELES – Law enforcement today unsealed criminal charges against five defendants who allegedly targeted employees of companies nationwide with phishing text messages and then used the harvested employee credentials to log in and steal non-public company data and information and to hack into virtual currency accounts to steal millions of dollars in cryptocurrency. The following…
Thai loyalty membership card data of 5 million customers put up for sale on hacking forum
Central Group is a multinational conglomerate in Thailand that describes itself as one of the largest private commercial conglomerates in Thailand with more than 50 subsidiaries and six key business lines. In October 2021, DataBreaches reported an attack on the Central Restaurant Group by threat actors called DESORDEN. When negotiations failed, DESORDEN revealed details about…
Attackers Targeting VPNs Account for 28.7 Percent of Ransomware Incidents in Q3 According to Corvus Insurance Cyber Threat Report
A press release from Corvus Insurance has some statistics worth mulling over: Corvus Insurance, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Travelers Companies, Inc., today released its Q3 2024 Cyber Threat Report, The Ransomware Ecosystem is Increasingly Distributed, which showed that attackers leveraging virtual private network (VPN) vulnerabilities and weak passwords for initial access contributed to nearly 30% of…