Bill Toulas reports: Gen Digital, formerly Symantec Corporation and NortonLifeLock, is sending data breach notifications to customers, informing them that hackers have successfully breached Norton Password Manager accounts in credential-stuffing attacks. According to a letter sample shared with the Office of the Vermont Attorney General, the attacks did not result from a breach on the…
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NY lawmakers vow to tackle cyber hack attacks against hospitals, schools
Carl Campanile reports: New York state lawmakers have promised to make helping local governments, schools and hospitals protect against cyber ransomware attacks a top priority during the 2023 legislative session. It comes after a wave of such attacks hit institutions across the Empire State, with the computer systems of a major Brooklyn hospital network and those of the Suffolk County…
FCC Proposes To Strengthen Data Breach Notification Rules for Telecom Operators
Marc S. Martin, Belinda Nixon, Samuel Klein, and Tyler Robbins of Perkins Coie write: In response to the increased frequency and severity of data breaches in the telecommunications industry, the Federal Communications Commission recently published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that seeks to strengthen and broaden its breach notification rules arising from the unauthorized disclosure of customer…
24 Hours of Le Mans Virtual race was postponed for very bizarre reason
Phillip Bupp reports: The 24 Hours of Le Mans Virtual is exactly what it is, a virtual version of the legendary 24-hour race held in France every June. The top eRacers and real-life racers from around the world are competing for a $250,000 purse. Drivers such as Romain Grosjean, Felix Rosenqvist, and back-to-back Formula 1 World Champion Max Verstappen are taking…
Sorry, Not Sorry: Guccifer, the Hacker Who Launched Clinton Email Flap, Speaks Out After Nearly a Decade Behind Bars
Sam Biddle reports: Marcel Lehel Lazar walked out of Federal Correctional Institute Schuylkill, a Pennsylvania prison, in August 2021. The 51-year-old formerly known only as Guccifer had spent over four years incarcerated for an email hacking spree against America’s elite. Though these inbox disclosures arguably changed the course of the nation’s recent history, Lazar himself…
After denying responsibility for the Royal Mail attack, LockBit discovers that one of their affiliates was responsible.
The U.K.’s Royal Mail was the victim of a cyberattack that significantly impacted international delivery services. But was this attack the work of LockBit 3.0 or not? Those who saw the ransom note said the links in the note pointed to LockBit’s leak site and their chat negotiation site. But as Bleeping Computer reported, the…