Grace Lutheran Foundation, which does business as Grace Lutheran Communities in Wisconsin, offers a variety of services including rehabilitation services, assisted living, skilled nursing, independent living, adult day services, and childcare. On February 9, they posted a notice about a data breach they discovered on January 22, 2024. They emphasized that there was no indication…
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Developing: LockBit disrupted by law enforcement
On Monday afternoon, LockBit3.0’s dark web blog was replaced by a 404 message and then a seizure notice: The notice reads: The Site is Now Under Control of Law Enforcement This site is now under the control of The National Crime Agency of the UK, working in close cooperation with the FBI and the international…
Update to the Tic Hosting Solutions data incident
On April 30, 2023, DataBreaches reported an alleged data breach involving TorchByte (formerly known as Tic Hosting Solutions). At the time, DataBreaches had been unable to reach the firm, and the Romanian data protection authority informed DataBreaches that they had received no report from them of any breach. But the screenshots provided to this site…
Updating: Prince George’s County Public Schools breach affected almost 100,000
In August 2023, Prince George’s County Public Schools disclosed a cyberattack. At the time, they reported that “an estimated 4,500 user accounts out of 180,000 were impacted, primarily staff accounts. The school system is still assessing the full scope of this incident, but as of this time, the main business and student information systems –…
Ukrainian man pleads guilty in cyberattack that temporarily disrupted major Vermont hospital
AP reports: A Ukrainian man has pleaded guilty to involvement in two separate malware schemes including a cyberattack at the University of Vermont Medical Center in 2020 that temporarily shut down some of its vital services and cost it tens of millions of dollars, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. Vyacheslav Igorevich Penchukov, also…
Zeus, IcedID malware kingpin faces 40 years in slammer
Connor Jones reports: A Ukrainian cybercrime kingpin who ran some of the most pervasive malware operations faces 40 years in prison after spending nearly a decade on the FBI’s Cyber Most Wanted List. Vyacheslav Igorevich Penchukov, 37, pleaded guilty this week in the US to two charges related to his leadership role in both the…