DNYUZ reports: A new batch of classified documents that appear to detail American national security secrets from Ukraine to the Middle East to China surfaced on social media sites on Friday, alarming the Pentagon and adding turmoil to a situation that seemed to have caught the Biden administration off guard. The scale of the leak…
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Sarah D. Culbertson Memorial Hospital working to recover from cybersecurity incident
WGEM reports: Culbertson Memorial Hospital officials reported Friday the hospital had been the victim of a cyber-attack last week. Officials stated they discovered a network disruption at 3 a.m. March 30 that required information systems to be taken offline. Read more at WGEM.
Suspected hacker “9Near” is ‘a soldier’
Wassana Nanuam reports that a self-described “hacktivist” who calls himself “9Near” has been identified: A hacker who claimed to have obtained the personal data of 55 million Thais is an army officer who appears to have acted alone, authorities said yesterday. […] Mr Chaiwut said investigators had identified the hacker and are working with his…
MSI Confirms Cyberattack, Advises Caution With Firmware
Andrew E. Freedman reports: Gaming hardware manufacturer MSI confirmed today that it was the victim of a cyberattack. In a brief statement on its website, the company said that the attack hit “part of its information systems,” which have since returned to regular operations. The company advises its customers only to get BIOS and firmware updates…
Proskauer Rose Cyber Attack Left Sensitive Client Data Unguarded
Mahira Dayal reports: A data breach at Proskauer Rose exposed client data, including sensitive legal and financial information, the law firm confirmed Friday. “Our tech security team recently learned that an outside vendor that we retained to create an information portal on a third-party cloud-based storage platform had not properly secured it,” Joanne Southern, a…
Aspire Public Schools reveals 2022 breach; Rochester Public Schools dealing with current attack
Notices of breaches involving two school breaches showed up today in DataBreaches’ searches: Aspire Public Schools in California submitted notifications to at least two state attorneys general. According to its notification, Aspire learned that an unauthorized party gained access to one Aspire email account at various times between February 2022 and August 2022. There was…