Jesse William McGraw writes: Greetings, reader! I want to talk about my former life as a blackhat hacker because it never makes any sense. Many of my rampant hacking campaigns focused on breaking into big servers across several industries but not on seizing the networks by the throat and forcing them to their knees. I…
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Kyiv Region Police Expose Hackers Who Infected Notaries’ Computers with Viruses and Changed Data in State Registries
As reported on dev.ua: In the Kyiv region, police detained a group of hackers who gained remote access to the devices of state bailiffs and private notaries and, for a fee, illegally removed encumbrances imposed on citizens’ property. According to the Cyber Police, four suspects, one of whom was a private contractor, set up a scheme…
Dialysis firm DaVita hit by ransomware attack (1)
Updated April 24, 2025: The InterLock ransomware gang has claimed responsibility for this attack. They claim to have exfiltrated 1,510 GB of data, 683,104 files, and 75,836 folders, and have leaked the file tree and some folder information. Reuters reports: DaVita said on Monday it had become aware of a ransomware incident that has encrypted…
IAF jet on Myanmar relief operation faced cyber attack in air
This is the stuff some nightmares are made of. Times of India reports from New Delhi: Indian aircraft deployed to provide rescue and relief supplies to quake-hit Myanmar, under Operation Brahma since March 29, have faced cyber-attacks in the form of “spoofing” of their satellite-based GPS signals. Sources said it’s difficult to establish the forces…
Smiley calls for data sharing once Providence gets its schools back from state
Alexander Castro reports; The City of Providence wants to investigate consolidating certain data sources across municipal and school district networks when its schools return from state to local control. The district superintendent is concerned about the plan’s finer points when it comes to data sharing. Some systems get too complex. Providence Mayor Brett Smiley thinks…
Queensland has a new breach notification law going into effect July 1, 2025
Claire Doneley reports: On 4 December 2023, the Queensland Parliament gave assent to the Information Privacy and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2023 (Qld) (Act), with privacy reforms to the Information Privacy Act 2009 (Qld) (IP Act) to commence 1 July 2025. You can read more about that here. In Queensland it has not been compulsory for agencies to notify the…