Top of the World Ranch Treatment Center in Illinois has disclosed that a November 17 compromise of a business email account resulted in protected health information being accessible to an attacker. The attack was detected quickly and shut down within hours, and the treatment center’s investigation could not determine if any data was exfiltrated during…
Author: Dissent
Has Oakland been hit with a second ransomware attack? (1)
As the public knows by now, Oakland, California was hit with a ransomware attack by the Play ransomware gang on February 8, and has been struggling since then to recover. Data from the attack started to be leaked on March 4. Play leaked about 10 GB of files, compressed, and threatened to leak more if…
Everything old is new again… or did it just never stop? (1)
In June 2022, Christopher Cook reached out to IPFS: Hi @IPFS if someone sends a phishing email with an link to IPSF.io (sic) is that something that needs to be reported to your abuse team? If so, this is their link which is phishing for cpanel logins https://ipfs.io/ipfs/QmatpCGs1h4jCwAWcbUEFMMLrLjYi1Po3o29JWcCVxfszx — Christopher Cook (@webprofusion) June 7, 2022…
BreachForums down, and will not be back
When BreachForums owner “Pompompurin” was arrested on March 15, forum members knew nothing about it until March 17, when Bloomberg broke the news. But BreachForums administrator “Baphomet” had suspected something was wrong and had already taken steps to secure the forum from law enforcement access. Since then, Baphomet, who took over ownership of the forum,…
At least 17 members of Congress had sensitive information exposed in data breach
Scott MacFarlane reports: …The hacking of the DC Health Benefit Exchange Authority data system has triggered at least three investigations and a federal civil lawsuit against the District of Columbia government, CBS News has learned. It has also sent a significant shock through Congress and its staffers. Read more at CBS. It’s a shame if…
Ferrari hacked; doesn’t pay $1 million ransom demand
Not only was Ferrari dealing with grid penalty and car development problems with their F1 car this past week, but it now seems they were also dealing with a cybersecurity incident. Ferrari has revealed that it was the victim of a data breach and extortion demand. The firm’s email to customers, reproduced below, states that…