Amy Knapp and Steven Grazier report: The township government has been hit by an unspecified computer network “incident” that’s been affecting the function of multiple systems. Administrator and Law Director Mike Vaccaro said in a prepared statement Friday afternoon that officials are working with external cybersecurity experts to work through the problem. An investigation has also been launched…
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“Almost everything you have posted in your news article about this incident is a total crap” — BlackCat to Bangladeshi news outlets
On June 23, using the greeting that Hive ransomware always used in emailing victims, AlphV wrote to the Bangladesh Krishi Bank (BKB). Typos, grammar, and spelling as in the original: Hello,Ladies and Gentlemen! This is ALPHV Ransomware Team. We are here to inform you about data breach which took place at the “Bangladesh Krishi Bank”…
College learns that two of its vendors were impacted by MOVEit breach.
Earlier this week, DataBreaches reported that Imagine360 had the unfortunate experience of discovering that two of their file-sharing platforms had both suffered breaches within days of each other: Citrix and Fortra/GoAnywhere. Today we bring you another double-whammy scenario. But in this one, it’s not two different platforms being breached within days of each other. This…
Tracy Resident Charged With Computer Attack On Discovery Bay Water Treatment Facility
Here’s your reminder for today of the insider threat: OAKLAND – A federal grand jury has indicted Rambler Gallo, charging him with intentionally causing damage to a protected computer after he allegedly accessed the computer network for the Discovery Bay Water Treatment Facility, located in the Town of Discovery Bay, Calif., and intentionally uninstalled the…
Police arrest suspect linked to notorius OPERA1ER cybercrime gang
Sergiu Gatlan reports: Law enforcement has detained a suspect believed to be a key member of the OPERA1ER cybercrime group, which has targeted mobile banking services and financial institutions in malware, phishing, and Business Email Compromise (BEC) campaigns. The gang, also known as NX$M$, DESKTOP Group, and Common Raven, is suspected of having stolen between…
What a way to start a new job…
The News Tribune reports: The new interim leader for the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department started her role with news about a 5-year-old data breach the department says it learned about just last month. Kudos to her for her transparency: TPCHD’s Cindan Gizzi announced the news immediately after being appointed the department’s interim director during Wednesday’s…