Jurgita Lapienytė reports: Unlike most ransom campaigns, CheckMate, discovered in 2022, has been quiet throughout its operations. To the best of our knowledge, it doesn’t operate a data leak site. That’s quite unusual for a ransomware campaign since many prominent gangs brag about big targets and post them as victims on their data leak sites….
Author: Dissent
Illinois Data Breach Exposes Private Information of Medicaid, SNAP, and TANF Recipients
Country Herald reports: The Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services (HFS) and Department of Human Services (IDHS) have disclosed a data breach within the State of Illinois Application for Benefits Eligibility (ABE) system’s Manage My Case (MMC) portal. The ABE system is responsible for determining eligibility for State-funded medical benefits programs (Medicaid), the Supplemental…
Data of 237,000 US government employees breached
David Shepardson reports: The personal information of 237,000 current and former federal government employees has been exposed in a data breach at the U.S. Transportation Department (USDOT), sources briefed on the matter said on Friday. The breach hit systems for processing TRANServe transit benefits that reimburse government employees for some commuting costs. It was not…
UofL cybersecurity expert says size of Norton Healthcare made it a target for hackers
Christie Battista reports: The “cyber event” that ended with several systems being taken offline across North Healthcare properties earlier this week came as no surprise to Dr. Roman Yampolskiy, director of the cybersecurity lab at the University of Louisville. […] Norton continues to evaluate its computer systems after the hacked. The hospital said Tuesday it…
Bluefield University cyberattack affects employees, students, and some students’ parents (2)
Updated May 13: It appears that Bluefield U. has not warned students that the university’s system is still compromised and that the threat actor can see and acquire files. Yesterday, a student that DataBreaches will not name submitted a Virginia Tuition Assistance Grant application with his full Social Security number, date of birth, and other…
Six years prison for ex-Ubiquiti staffer who stole data and attempted to extort millions of dollars
Graham Cluley writes: A former software engineer at Ubiquit Networks has been sent to prison for six years after stealing gigabytes of data from the firm, attempting to extort millions of dollars, and harming the company’s reputation in the media. Back in January 2021, networking manufacturer Ubiquiti told users to change their passwords and enable two-factor authentication (2FA),…