Waqas reports: ShinyHunters hackers have taken responsibility for three high-profile data breaches involving Neiman Marcus, Truist Bank, and Twilio Authy, compromising personal details of millions of users and tens of thousands of employees. The infamous ShinyHunters hacking group, known for their recent Ticketmaster data breach, has struck again with a series of new attacks. This time,…
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Ransomware group who hit Indonesian government apologizes, hands over encryption key
Laura Dobberstein reports: Brain Cipher, the group responsible for hacking into Indonesia’s Temporary National Data Center (PDNS) and disrupting the country’s services, has seemingly apologized for its actions and released an encryption key to the government. That key was in the form of an 54 kb ESXi file. Its efficacy has not yet been confirmed….
Two recent NYS audits of k-12 districts’ information technology security
The NYS Comptroller’s Office recently released more audits of school districts. Here are two of them: Whitney Point Central School District – Information Technology (IT) (Broome County) Audit Period July 1, 2021 – February 24, 2023. We extended our audit period to August 31, 2023 to review backup restoration results and November 16, 2023 to…
Louisiana Special School District ransomware attack possibly compromised workers’ personal information
Allison Bruhl reports: Louisiana Special School District employees were notified of a cyber attack on Friday, June 28, a little more than a month after it was discovered. According to the superintendent on July 3, the Louisiana State Police’s Cyber Crimes Division was contacted after an Akira ransomware breach was found on May 24. “Our…
HealthEquity says data breach is an ‘isolated incident’
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai reports: On Tuesday, health tech services provider HealthEquity disclosed in a filing with federal regulators that it had suffered a data breach, in which hackers stole the “protected health information” of some customers. In an 8-K filing with the SEC, the company said it detected “anomalous behavior by a personal use device belonging…
Florida Community Health Centers to notify almost 300,000 of ransomware attack
As DataBreaches recently reported, in June 2023, SysInformation Healthcare Services d/b/a EqualizeRCM discovered a ransomware attack. One year later, we still don’t know how many clients and patients were affected. But SysInformation wasn’t the only entity that suffered a ransomware attack in June 2023 that hadn’t sent notifications by now. Florida Community Health Centers (FCHC)…