A U.K. citizen pleaded guilty today in New York to his role in cyberstalking and multiple schemes that involve computer hacking, including the July 2020 hack of Twitter. Joseph James O’Connor, aka PlugwalkJoe, 23, was extradited from Spain on April 26. “O’Connor’s criminal activities were flagrant and malicious, and his conduct impacted multiple people’s lives….
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Justice Department Announces Court-Authorized Disruption of Snake Malware Network Controlled by Russia’s Federal Security Service
Through Operation MEDUSA, the FBI, and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York Neutralized the FSB’s Premier Cyberespionage Malware Implant in Coordination with Multiple Foreign Governments The Justice Department today announced the completion of a court-authorized operation, code-named MEDUSA, to disrupt a global peer-to-peer network of computers compromised by sophisticated malware,…
City of Dallas update on ransomware attack recovery efforts
4 p.m. update, Monday, May 8 As of Monday, May 8 DallasCityHall.com and DallasPolice.net are back online. 911 and 311 intake and dispatch continue via phone and radio dispatch while Computer Assisted Dispatch (CAD) components including 1900 mobile devices (1600 for DPD and 300 for DFR) and the server routing calls are tested to ensure…
Cyberattacks a Problem for Nearby Emergency Departments, Too
Michael DePeau-Wilson writes: A ransomware attack at one healthcare system had a significant impact on two neighboring emergency departments (EDs) that weren’t targeted in the attack, researchers found. Daily mean ED volume rose 15.1% at the two facilities, from 218.4 in the pre-attack period to 251.4 in the attack period (P<0.001), Christian Dameff, MD, MS, of…
HK: Personal data, medical history of 100,000 OT&P Healthcare patients may have been compromised in cyberattack
Lars Hamer reports: The personal data and medical history of about 100,000 patients of a Hong Kong healthcare group could have been leaked because of a cyberattack last Thursday, the operator confirmed with the Post. OT&P Healthcare CEO Robin Green on Monday said the cyberattack took place within the clinic’s management and operating system. “That…
NL: Suspect arrested after data theft and threat
Dutch police have made another arrest involving an alleged hacker. It sounds like they identified and arrested this individual fairly quickly, which raises questions about whether this suspect had terrible OpSec or if the police had other sources of leads that enabled them to identify and arrest them. There is nothing in their release that…