The Insider reports: In September 2024, the FBI published an indictment against a group of hackers working for GRU Unit 29155, the same military unit that became famous for poisoning Skripal in Salisbury. It has long been known that the GRU has hacker units, The Insider was the first to prove this back in 2017, and then it was…
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Order of Psychologists of Lombardy fined 30,000 € for inadequate data security protection and detection following ransomware attack
The Privacy Guarantor has fined the Order of Psychologists of the Lombardy Region [Ordine degli psicologi della Lombardia] for 30 thousand euros for not having adopted adequate technical and organizational measures to guarantee data security. The Guarantor intervened following some complaints and the notification of data breach made by the Order, which declared to have…
Lower Merion School District says a data breach was caused by a computer glitch (1)
DataBreaches cannot read “Lower Merion School District” without recalling the “Webcamgate” scandal of 2010, when the district was discovered monitoring students remotely in their bedrooms on district-issued MacBooks. At the time, they initially denied any misuse of remote access that was part of a security feature. Now the district is back in local news in…
After $1 Million Ransom Demand, Virgin Islands Lottery Restores Operations Without Paying Hackers
Nelcia Charlemagne reports: Virgin Islands Lottery’s executive director, Raymond Williams, says the entity is now “90 percent back [to] functionality” after a cybersecurity incident that halted operations across the territory. The March ransomware attack compromised Lottery’s entire network. Mr. Raymond appeared before the Committee on Government Operations, Veterans Affairs, and Consumer Protection on Friday. He reminded Committee…
Junior Defence Contractor Arrested For Leaking Indian Naval Secrets To Suspected Pakistani Spies
Here’s yet another insider threat report from a defense agency to end the week. This one is from India. NewsMobile reports: A 27-year-old junior defence contractor has been arrested for allegedly leaking restricted information on Indian Navy warships and submarines to suspected Pakistani intelligence agents, Maharashtra’s Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) said in a statement issued late…
Mysterious leaker GangExposed outs Conti kingpins in massive ransomware data dump
Jessica Lyons reports: A mystery whistleblower calling himself GangExposed has exposed key figures behind the Conti and Trickbot ransomware crews, publishing a trove of internal files and naming names. The leaks include thousands of chat logs, personal videos, and ransom negotiations tied to some of the most notorious cyber-extortion gangs —believed to have raked in…