Guru reports: Yum! Brands, Inc., which runs the restaurants KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, and The Habit Burger Grill, submitted a notice of security breach to warn of a cybersecurity incident affecting individuals’ personal information that happened in mid-January 2023. Although some data had been taken from the company’s network, the company had previously claimed…
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Hacked: Russian GRU officer wanted by the FBI, leader of the hacker group APT 28
Inform Napalm reports: Ukrainian hacktivist team Cyber Resistance hacked the email of Lieutenant Colonel Sergey Alexandrovich Morgachev, an officer of the Russian Main Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Army (GRU), leader of the Russian hacker group APT 28, consisting of officers of the 85th Main Special Service Center of the GRU, military unit…
SD Worx forced to pause operations following cyberattack
Sead Fadilpašić reports: HR software and payroll powerhouse SD Worx suffered a cyberattack last week, forcing it to shut down some of its IT systems. In a notification issued to potentially affected customers, SD Worx said it spotted malicious behavior in its networks and, so in order to isolate the threat, ceased operation of its systems for…
New Jersey county police department confirms ransomware attack, unrelated to attack on prosecutor’s office
Jonathan Greig reports: The police department in Camden County, New Jersey confirmed that it was hit with a ransomware attack last month and is still investigating the incident. A spokesperson for the department — which serves the county’s 523,000 residents — told Recorded Future News that the ransomware attack took place on March 13. Camden…
Stroud Area Regional Police Department Notification of Data Security Incident
EAST STROUDSBURG, Pa. April 10, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Stroud Area Regional Police Department (“SARPD”) announced today that it has taken action after learning of a data security incident which may have impacted certain individuals’ personal information. SARPD began providing notice to all potentially impacted individuals on April 10, 2023. What Happened? On June 29, 2022, SARPD became aware…
Big Pharma-partnered Evotec on high alert after cyber attack takes systems offline
Max Bayer reports: German biotech Evotec is on high alert after a late-week cyber attack prompted the company to shut down its network. Evotec says that unusual activity was noticed on its IT systems on April 6, prompting the company to take its digital infrastructure offline. A forensic examination of the breach is underway to learn…