Zack Whittaker reports: Former top Trump cybersecurity official Chris Krebs told The Wall Street Journal in an interview on Wednesday that he vowed to fight back against a federal investigation ordered into him by President Trump. Krebs said in the interview that he will resign from his position at cybersecurity firm SentinelOne in order to challenge the federal investigation, which…
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British law firm fined after ransomware group publishes confidential client data
Alexander Martin reports: A British law firm has been fined £60,000 ($80,000) after cybercriminals accessed the company’s case management system and published sensitive information on the dark web, something the company only learned about after being contacted by the National Crime Agency. DPP Law, based in Bootle, was found to have breached the United Kingdom’s…
CISA warns of increased breach risks following Oracle Cloud leak
Sergiu Gatlan reports: On Wednesday, CISA warned of heightened breach risks after the compromise of legacy Oracle Cloud servers earlier this year and highlighted the significant threat to enterprise networks. CISA said, “the nature of the reported activity presents potential risk to organizations and individuals, particularly where credential material may be exposed, reused across separate,…
Hacking group Anonymous targets Russia, releases Trump files
Update: As predicted previously, this one has been debunked already, it seems. See https://www.dailydot.com/debug/anonymous-10tb-leak-russia-trump-debunk/ Thanks to the reader who sent in this link. Original post: The Express Tribune reports: Hacking group Anonymous has claimed responsibility for a large-scale cyberattack on Russian networks, releasing what it says is 10 terabytes of leaked data containing sensitive information…
A whistleblower’s disclosure details how DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data
Jenna McLaughlin reports: In the first days of March, a team of advisers from President Trump’s new Department of Government Efficiency initiative arrived at the Southeast Washington, D.C., headquarters of the National Labor Relations Board. The small, independent federal agency investigates and adjudicates complaints about unfair labor practices. It stores reams of potentially sensitive data,…
Nude photos and names: KU Health and Kansas hospital sued for data breach
Stacey Saldanha-Olson reports: Two undisclosed patients filed a lawsuit April 15 after a Lawrence physical therapist breached more than 400 people’s medical data to target women who’d had breast augmentation surgery and other plastic surgery, according to documents filed in the U.S. District Court of Kansas. The undisclosed patients are suing through a class action…