PAYMNTS reports: American banking groups want the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to revoke its cybersecurity incident disclosure requirements. These groups, led by the American Bankers Association (ABA), wrote to the SEC last week, contending that disclosing cybersecurity incidents “directly conflicts with confidential reporting requirements intended to protect critical infrastructure and warn potential victims.” Joining the ABA were the Securities Industry…
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MathWorks, Creator of MATLAB, Confirms Ransomware Attack
Kristina Beeks reports: MathWorks, a mathematical computing software company headquartered in Natick, Mass., disclosed a ransomware attack in an update to its website on Monday. MathWorks is known for creating the MATLAB computing platform and the Simulink simulation, which is used by thousands of organizations and customers. “The attack affected our IT systems. Some of…
Russian hospital programmer gets 14 years for leaking soldier data to Ukraine
Daryna Antoniuk reports: A Russian court sentenced a former hospital programmer to 14 years in a high-security penal colony for allegedly leaking personal data of Russian soldiers to Ukraine, authorities said. The court in the Russian Irkutsk region found 37-year-old Alexander Levchishin guilty of treason after he copied electronic medical records of Russian military personnel from…
MSCS board renews contract with PowerSchool while suing them
Brian Didlake reports: Memphis-Shelby County Schools board members approved a multi-million dollar contract to continue doing business with a company they’re suing in court. The school board announced it was filing a lawsuit against PowerSchool earlier this month after thousands of students’ personal information was leaked. Now, board members said that was in the past…
Iranian Man Pleaded Guilty to Role in Robbinhood Ransomware
From the U.S. Department of Justice: An Iranian national pleaded guilty today to participating in an international ransomware and extortion scheme involving the Robbinhood ransomware. According to court documents and statements made in court, Sina Gholinejad, 37, and his co-conspirators compromised the computer networks of cities, corporations, health care organizations, and other entities around the United…
Developments surrounding data breach at Dutch police
From a press release at politie.nl: The intelligence services AIVD and MIVD announced today that a previously unknown Russian cyber group has carried out hacks on various Dutch organisations, including the police in September 2024. This fits in with the findings of the investigation that the High Tech Crime Team started immediately after the hack,…