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…
Author: Dissent
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…
134K Massachusetts residents impacted by ‘global security incident’
Stacey Scott reports: Massachusetts health officials are warning over 134,000 individuals who are currently or were previously enrolled in certain state programs that their personal information has been involved in a recent third-party data security breach. The breach is part of a worldwide incident that involves a file-transfer software program called “MOVEit.” UMass Chan Medical…
Prince George’s County Public Schools responding to cyberattack
Fox5 in D.C. reports Prince George’s County Public Schools revealed Monday its network experienced a cyber attack. The August 14 notice on the district’s website reads: August 14, 2023 – Update on PGCPS Network Outage Prince George’s County Public Schools (PGCPS) experienced a cyber attack on the system’s network that was detected early Monday morning, Aug….
Hackers may have stolen SSNs, other info from Coastal Orthopedics
The Bradenton Herald reports: Sensitive information — including Social Security numbers, birthdays and addresses — for current and former patients at Coastal Orthopedics may have been compromised after an attacker hacked into the company’s system. The company detected suspicious activity on its network around June 11, prompting an investigation, according to a press release. Although…
Discord.io confirms breach after hacker steals data of 760K users
Data allegedly from 760,000 Discord.io registered users was listed for sale yesterday on a popular hacking forum. By the end of the day, Discord.io had confirmed a breach. Lawrence Abrams reports: The Discord.io custom invite service has temporarily shut down after suffering a data breach exposing the information of 760,000 members. Discord.io is not an…