Grant LaFleche reports: On Feb. 25, a sprawling cyberattack hit the City of Hamilton’s digital network, disrupting phone lines, emails, and databases the municipality uses every day. The crisis is almost two weeks old, and the city remains largely locked out of its systems. Phone lines remain down, council meetings have been postponed, registration to recreation programs…
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41 State Attorneys General tell Meta to do better in preventing and mitigating account takeovers
A coalition of state attorneys general have sent a letter to Meta asking them to do more to help users whose accounts have been hacked or taken over. The letter to Meta’s Chief Legal Officer begins: Dear Ms. Newstead: We, the undersigned attorneys general (the “State AGs”), write to request immediate action to address the…
South St. Paul Public Schools investigating potential cybersecurity threat
Maraya King reports: South St. Paul Public Schools alerted families this week to an ongoing technology disruption that is being investigated. Staff and families were notified Monday of technical difficulties “that may disrupt certain services” like online platforms, emails and other digital services. On Tuesday the district said it had been made aware of “unauthorized activity within…
Hacker’s attempt to sue police is ‘abuse of process’
RL360 Insurance Company Limited is an international offshore savings, protection and investment provider, headquartered in the Isle of Man. According to Wikipedia, it is part of the International Financial Group Limited. Threefm reports that John Henry Griffin, a former RL360 employee who was convicted of unauthorized access to data and unlawful acquisition of personal data,…
Updating: Fake seizure notice appears on AlphV site as part of suspected exit scam
In the wake of an accusatory post on Ramp Forum that claimed that AlphV admins allegedly stole a $22 million payment to an affiliate by Change Healthcare and then suspended the affiliate’s account, AlphV hastened what appears to be an exit scam on their part. Yesterday, a copy of the seizure notice posted on their…
HHS Statement Regarding the Cyberattack on Change Healthcare
March 5. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is aware that Change Healthcare – a unit of UnitedHealth Group (UHG) – was impacted by a cybersecurity incident in late February. HHS recognizes the impact this attack has had on health care operations across the country. HHS’ first priority is to help coordinate…