Here’s your reminder today of the insider threat, from the South East Organised Regional Crime Unit. This case was previously noted by BleepingComputer. A 28-year-old man who tried to extort money from the company he worked for has been jailed for three years and seven months. At Reading Crown Court today (11/7) Ashley Liles, of…
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Former Security Engineer For International Technology Company Arrested For Defrauding Decentralized Cryptocurrency Exchange
First Criminal Case Involving Attack on a Smart Contract Operated by Decentralized Exchange Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Chad Plantz, the Special Agent in Charge of the San Diego Field Office of Homeland Security Investigations (“HSI”), and Tyler Hatcher, the Special Agent in Charge of the Los…
Australian infrastructure company Ventia hit with cyberattack
Jonathan Greig reports: The Australian infrastructure services provider Ventia is dealing with a cyberattack that began this weekend. On Saturday, the company said it identified a cyber intrusion and took some “key systems” offline to contain the incident. It did not respond to requests for comment about whether it is a ransomware attack, but taking…
8Base claims to have stolen patient data and employee info from Kansas Medical Center
While LockBit was adding one physician-owned medical entity to its leak site, a relatively new group known as 8Base was adding another physician-owned medical entity to its own leak site. 8Base claims to have attacked Kansas Medical Center on June 18 and to have downloaded data on July 11. They claim they will publish the…
Another business associate attack results in theft of patient data — Panorama Eyecare
Panorama Eyecare in Colorado is a physician-owned firm providing business associate services to vision care providers: Earlier today, the firm was added to LockBit’s leak site with a claim that 798 GB of data had been exfiltrated from four of the firm’s clients: Eye Center of Northern Colorado Denver Eye Surgeons Cheyenne Eye Clinic &…
Why gay furry hackers are leaking state government documents
Hacktivism is still a thing, of course, perhaps even more so these days with all the political conflicts in within and between countries and religions. If you’ve been wondering about a group describing themselves as “gay, furry hackers,” Sofia Mahirova has a write-up about them: Earlier this month, SiegedSec, the group of self-described “gay and…