Eduard Kovacs reports: A notorious ransomware group is offering to sell files allegedly stolen from German car parts giant Continental for $50 million. Continental reported in August that it had been targeted in a cyberattack that resulted in hackers accessing some of its systems. The company said at the time that the attack had been…
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Canadian supermarket chain giant Sobeys suffered a ransomware attack
Pierluigi Pagani reports: Sobeys Inc. is the second largest supermarket chain in Canada, the company operates over 1,500 stores operating across Canada under a variety of banners. It is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Empire Company Limited, a Canadian business conglomerate. During the last week, grocery stores and pharmacies belonging to the company have experienced IT issues. Those IT issues…
Ransomware gangs shift tactics, making crimes harder to track
Jack Gillum reports: Ransomware gangs increasingly use their own or stolen computer code, moving away from a leasing model that made their activities easier to monitor, new research shows. Numerous prominent hacking groups in recent years have functioned by leasing their malicious software and computing infrastructure to other bad actors, in what’s known as ransomware-as-a-service….
Breach threatens Victorian student welfare data
David Braue reports: Victorian Government agencies are scrambling to evaluate their exposure after a widely-used technology services provider last week suffered a cyber attack that risks exposure of the personal and health details of thousands of students and their families. PNORS Technology Group businesses Datatime and Netway – which provide document and data capture, digital…
Thales investigating — again — LockBit 3.0’s claims as share prices plummet after data leak
On November 3, Thales claimed that they had found no evidence to confirm any claim that LockBit 3.0 had breached their system. Today, LockBit 3.0 dumped some data, and not just a proof pack. They dumped more than 9 GB of data. MarketWatch reported: Shares in Thales SA fell Friday after it said that data…
PA: Medical assistant charged with stealing and misusing patient identity information
Altoona Mirror reports on a case of insider wrongdoing: A medical assistant has been arrested on charges related to stealing patient information for personal use. Ashley Latimer, 34, of Philadelphia, used information she collected from patient records and licenses to open credit cards, purchase items and lease apartments, Attorney General Josh Shapiro said in a…