Daniel Croft reports: An investigation by Defence Housing Australia (DHA) is currently underway after it was notified that one of its third-party service providers had been hit by a cyber attack. The organisation, which provides housing and accommodation for military personnel and their families on and off base, has stressed that while there has been…
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Minneapolis Public Schools starts notifying106,000 of ransomware attack
Joe Warminsky reports: Minneapolis Public Schools has begun notifying more than 100,000 people that their personal information may have been leaked after a cyberattack early this year. The school system started sending letters late last week, according to local media reports, and on Tuesday a notice posted on Maine’s data breach notification site said that 105,617 people were affected….
Ragnar_Locker leaks data from Israeli Medical Center
Mayanei Hayeshua Medical Center in Bnei Brak was hit by a cyberattack on August 7. Patient care was not disrupted for some things, but the ministry instructed that the center’s outpatient clinics and imaging centers not accept patients and that the public not go to its emergency room until further notice. A week later, the…
Coffee Meets Bagel Meets Hacker?
Coffee Meets Bagel (CMG) describes itself as a dating site for those looking for quality relationships. Last month, it suffered what was initially described as an “outage.” Now we learn that the “outage” was a cyberattack where the threat actor deleted company data. An FAQ updated on September 6 explains: We determined that the outage…
Ukraine’s CERT Thwarts APT28’s Cyberattack on Critical Energy Infrastructure
Seen on The Hacker News: The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) on Tuesday said it thwarted a cyber attack against an unnamed critical energy infrastructure facility in the country. The intrusion, per the agency, started with a phishing email containing a link to a malicious ZIP archive that activates the infection chain. “Visiting…
In: 320,000 Patient Records From Ayush Jharkhand Gov Leaked on Hacking Forum
CloudSek reports: On 14 August, CloudSEK’s contextual AI digital risk platform XVigil discovered a threat actor Tanaka sharing a database marked as bitsphere[.]in on an english speaking hacking forum. Analysis of the database reveals that the following information has been leaked: More than 3 lakh 20 thousand patient records containing their PII information and medical diagnosis. 500 login…