Marco A. De Felice, aka “Amvinfe,” reports: A new day, a new victim of a cyberattack in the field of education worldwide. This time, it’s the Hopewell Area School District (KG-12), a school district comprising 5 schools (Hopewell High School, Hopewell Memorial Junior High School, Margaret Ross Elementary, Independence Elementary, Hopewell Elementary) located in Aliquippa, Beaver County, PA, U.S., with…
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Sumo Logic alerts customers about security incident; advises rotate Sumo Logic API access keys
Sumo Logic describes themselves as providing best-in-class cloud monitoring, log management, Cloud SIEM tools, and real-time insights for web and SaaS based apps. On November 7, they posted a notice on their website that they identify as “a possible security incident within our platform.” According to their notice, Sumo Logic discovered evidence of a potential…
Hackers give Jeffco Public Schools an extension on their deadline to respond; email parents about the breach (1)
On November 2, DataBreaches reported that the same threat actors that had hacked and exfiltrated data from Clark County School District in Las Vegas had also hit Jeffco Public Schools in Colorado. In communications shared with DataBreaches, “SingularityMD” as the hackers call themselves gave the district until today at 5 pm today to pay them…
FBI: Ransomware Actors Continue to Gain Access through Third Parties and Legitimate System Tools
FBI Private Industry Notification TLP:CLEAR November 7, 2023 Summary The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is releasing this Private Industry Notification to highlight ransomware initial access trends and encourage organizations to implement the recommendations in the “Mitigations” section to reduce the likelihood and impact of ransomware incidents. Threat As of July 2023, the FBI noted…
Marina Bay Sands reveals data breach affecting 665,000 customers
AFP reports: A luxury resort operator in Singapore said today that the personal data of about 665,000 members of its shopping loyalty programme had been hacked. The breach of Marina Bay Sands was the latest in a string of major cybersecurity incidents reported in the city-state. […] Marina Bay Sands, which is owned by US…
Info from 5.6 million patient visits among data stolen in ransomware attack on Ontario hospital
Kathleen Saylors and Jennifer La Grassa report: A database containing information on 5.6 million patient visits to Bluewater Health and the social insurance numbers of as many as 1,446 Chatham-Kent Health Alliance employees are among the data taken in the ransomware attack on five southwestern Ontario hospitals, officials said in a lengthy update Monday. […] According to…