The Record reports: Ukrainian hackers have breached the systems of Skolkovo Foundation, the agency which oversees the high-tech business area located on the outskirts of Moscow. The Foundation was founded and charged by Russian former President Dmitry Medvedev to rival Silicon Valley in the U.S. According to Skolkovo’s statement, the hackers managed to gain limited access…
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Local clinic closes following cyberattack, hospital redirects emergency services
Logan Ramsey reports: A local clinic was forced to close its doors temporarily following a cyberattack on its computer systems on Monday morning. A local hospital is also redirecting it’s emergency services to other area hospitals. It’s not clear how it happened or when the issue will be resolved, but Mountain View Hospital spokesman Brian…
Worst cyberattack in Greece disrupts high school exams, causes political spat
AP reports: Greece’s Education Ministry says it has been targeted in a cyberattack described as the most extensive in the country’s history, aimed at disabling a centralized high school examination platform. It said the distributed denial of service, or DDoS, attacks aimed at overwhelming the platform occurred for a second consecutive day Tuesday. The attack…
Developing: RaidForums users db leaked
In what is likely making some people a bit nervous, the users database for RaidForums has been leaked on a forum. The database appears to date to September 2020. It contains entries for the site owner, Omnipotent, as well as moderators, and well-known users. DataBreaches spot-checked the database and found individuals with their known…
Insurance regulators examining Point32Health data breach
Sam Drysdale and Michael P. Norton report: State insurance regulators have opened an examination into a cyberattack on one of the state’s largest health insurance providers. The Division of Insurance is monitoring the Point32Health data breach, which may have compromised personal data including addresses, medical history and Social Security numbers of current and former Harvard…
New York county still dealing with ransomware eight months after attack
Brandon Vigliaro reports: The fallout from an eight-month-old cyber attack on a county in Long Island, New York has devolved into mud-slinging as leaders try to figure out just what is going on. Suffolk County was hit with a ransomware attack in early September 2022, which led county executive Steve Bellone to issue nine separate emergency…