from the but-her-emails dept at TechDirt: Wed, Mar 19th 2025 05:26am – Karl Bode It’s best to view Elon Musk’s DOGE as an attack. While right wing propaganda (and gullible media outlets and politicians) frame DOGE as a “cost saving” effort at “improving government efficiency,” that’s just flimsy-ass cover for its real purpose: the dismantling of corporate…
Author: Dissent
Names, bank info, and more spills from top sperm bank
Jessica Lyons reports: One of the world’s largest sperm banks, California Cryobank, is in a sticky situation.… It’s had to tell folks their sensitive information, including names and bank account numbers, was likely stolen from it by digital intruders. The IT break-in occurred between April 20 and April 22, last year, according to a notification…
Extortion Reboot: Ransomware Crew Threatens Leak to Snowden
There are those who might say that any media coverage is valuable or desirable, but when a ransomware group winds up drawing snickers, maybe not. Kristina Beek reports: A threat group known as Ox Thief recently tried to entice its victim to pay to protect its data by threatening to go to Edward Snowden — a…
The Escalating Challenge of Insider Threats
NISOS’s new blog post is on one of DataBreaches’ favorite topics — the insider threat. Here are some snippets from their blog post: The surge in insider threats is alarming. The 2024 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) reveals that insider-related incidents constitute nearly 60% of all data breaches, underscoring the pressing need for robust internal security…
Australia Sues FIIG Investment Firm in Cyber ‘Wake-Up Call’
Jayant Chakravarti reports: The Australian financial regulator has filed a lawsuit against FIIG Securities, accusing the leading investment and financing company of lacking adequate cybersecurity controls to stop a threat actor from stealing confidential personal information of 18,000 customers. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission said it decided to sue Brisbane-headquartered FIIG Securities in Federal Court after…
Alleged Data Breach at Korea Aerospace Research Institute Sparks Major Investigation
In today’s reminder of the insider threat, Jung Suk-yee reports that employees of the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) are being investigated by the Daejeon Metropolitan Police Agency for leaking sensitive technology: The investigation, which has captured national attention, involves a suspected breach of data related to South Korea’s ambitious Nuri space launch vehicle project….