Yoav Gonen reports: The city Department of Finance inadvertently emailed a roster of all of its staff — containing home addresses, cell numbers and personal email addresses — to the agency’s roughly 1,800 employees in a botched test of its emergency notification system, THE CITY has learned. The snafu was accompanied by automated calls to…
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TN: Cleveland City Schools face ransomware attack
Courtney Goins reports: Cleveland City Schools faced a ransomware attack this week, but it only affected a small number of devices. The school system said they became aware of the issue on Tuesday, August 15. An issue they say is affecting many other school districts as well. […] Sensitive information is secure offsite, and officials…
Ransomware Diaries: Volume 3 – LockBit’s Secrets
Add this to your must-read list for the week (after you finish the Georgia indictment, of course, although to be honest, the ransomware diaries entry is more fascinating). Jon DiMaggio of Analyst1 writes: In this volume of the Ransomware Diaries, I will share interesting, previously unknown details of the LockBit ransomware operation that LockBit has…
Hospital Mergers Double the Risk of a Data Breach, Study Shows
Joseph J. Lazzarotti of JacksonLewis writes: The healthcare sector is a prime target for data breaches. According to a summary by the HIPAA Journal, 32% of all data breaches between 2015 and 2022 were in the healthcare sector, “almost double the number recorded in the financial and manufacturing sectors.” Industry analysts cite to many reasons for this, including…
Hackers threaten publishing sensitive medical data on politicians, Haredi leaders
Daniela Ginzburg reports: The hacker group that has claimed responsibility for the breach at the Mayanei HaYeshua Medical Center in central Israel earlier this month has issued an ultimatum to the facility, threatening to reveal sensitive medical files that include the prime minister, MKs, senior rabbis, and other known figures in the Haredi word if…
LinkedIn accounts hacked in widespread hijacking campaign
Bill Toulas reports: LinkedIn is being targeted in a wave of account hacks resulting in many accounts being locked out for security reasons or ultimately hijacked by attackers. As reported today by Cyberint, many LinkedIn users have been complaining about the account takeovers or lockouts and an inability to resolve the problems through LinkedIn support. “Some…