Phil Muncaster reports: Security experts have revealed a new extortion campaign threatening to leak sensitive corporate data unless a Bitcoin payment is made. Microsoft regional director and HaveIBeenPwned founder, Troy Hunt, revealed the unsolicited email in a social media post. It claimed that the fraudsters had hacked his site by exploiting some unnamed vulnerabilities and…
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Hong Kong regulator issues investigative report on 2021 Fotomax ransomware incident
The Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data (PCPD) in Hong Kong published an investigation report today concerning a ransomware attack on the database of Fotomax (F.E.) Limited. From the news release: The investigation arose from a data breach notification lodged by Fotomax with the PCPD on 1 November 2021, which reported that the…
Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation notifies employees of insider breach
Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation has disclosed an insider breach involving the sensitive, personally identifiable information (PII) of active employees as of March 29, 2021. According to their notification, a copy of which was submitted to the Montana Attorney General’s Office, Booz Allen recently learned that while employed by Booz Allen, a former employee obtained…
UK: Hacked evidence and stolen data swamp English courts
Franz Wild, Ed Siddons, Simon Lock, Jonathan Calvert, and George Arbuthnott report: A multimillion-pound high court case between an authoritarian Gulf emirate and an Iranian-American businessman has revealed how hacked evidence is being used by leading law firms to advance their clients’ claims. It includes allegations that a former Metropolitan Police officer hired Indian hackers…
Hu: EdTech firm eKRÉTA that stores personal info of students breached by hacking group
As seen on Catalin Cimpanu’s RiskyBiz News: Major breach in Hungary: A hacking group named Sawarim has breached eKRÉTA, the company behind a school management platform widely deployed across Hungary. The platform is believed to store the personal details of more than 720,000 Hungarian students, aged between 6 and 18 years. While the hackers told a local…
Kraken CSO claims to Identify the Hacker Who Stole $600 Million From FTX
Delma Wilson reports on the dramatic developments in the cryptocurrency market after FTX announced a massive theft, FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried declared bankruptcy, and resigned. Satoshi Stacker tweeted that Kraken should be able to track down the thief/hacker because they had used Kraken to offload the stolen funds throughout the hack: BREAKING: The FTX ”Hacker”…