Joseph Cox of 404 Media in collaboration with Court Watch writes: The FBI managed to track down and freeze millions of dollars of cryptocurrency Caesars Entertainment sent to a group of hackers that held the casino’s computer systems ransom, according to a 404 Media and Court Watch review of a recently unsealed court document. According…
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Oracle Health breach compromises patient data at US hospitals
Oracle Health is becoming this year’s poster child for how NOT to respond to an incident. Lawrence Abrams reports: A breach at Oracle Health impacts multiple US healthcare organizations and hospitals after a threat actor stole patient data from legacy servers. Oracle Health has not yet publicly disclosed the incident, but in private communications sent to…
Cyber-crew claims it cracked American cableco, releases terrible music video to prove it
Iain Thomson reports: A cyber-crime ring calling itself Arkana has made a cringe music video to boast of an alleged theft of subscriber account data from Colorado-based cableco WideOpenWest (literally, WOW!) The video features gloomy music plus narration and text in Russian that claims – which screenshots of what looks like compromised internal WOW! systems –…
Change Healthcare Seeks Dismissal of Data Breach Lawsuits Brought by Consumers and Medical Providers
Irvin Jackson reports: Change Healthcare Inc. has filed a number of motions to dismiss lawsuits brought on behalf of both individuals and healthcare providers, seeking damages for a massive data breach last year, which exposed private health information for about a third of all Americans, and disrupted the processing of medical payments for providers nationwide….
Furry hackers who leaked Project 2025 firm’s data fear leader raided by feds
Mikael Thalen reports: Individuals with connections to SiegedSec, the now-defunct group of “gay furry hackers” who leaked data relating to the think tank behind Project 2025, believe their former leader may have been arrested in a raid by law enforcement. In remarks to X on Wednesday, @mewmrrpmeow, a former member of the group, stated that “vio,” who once…
Canadian citizen allegedly involved in Snowflake attacks consents to extradition to US
Matt Kapko reports that a Canadian national has consented to be extradited to the United States to face federal charges that could send him away for a long, long time: A Canadian citizen is one step closer to standing trial in the United States for his alleged involvement in a series of attacks targeting as…