A report by Vincent Monnier in a French news magazine, L’OBS, claims that an alleged member of ShinyHunters was arrested on June 1 as he attempted to board a flight at Rabat to Brussels. In translation, the report says: Arrested on June 1 at Rabat airport, Sébastien Raoult, a 21-year-old Frenchman from Epinal is claimed…
Author: Dissent
Ransom payments fall as fewer victims choose to pay hackers
Bill Toulas reports: Ransomware statistics from the second quarter of the year show that the ransoms paid to extortionists have dropped in value, a trend that continues since the last quarter of 2021. Ransomware remediation firm Coveware has published a report today with ransomware data from the second quarter of 2022 showing that although the…
Spanish Police Arrest Alleged Radioactive Monitoring Hackers
Danny Bradbury reports: Police in Spain have arrested two people on suspicion of hacking the country’s Radioactivity Alert Network (RAR). The RAR, operated by Spain’s General Directorate of Civil Protection and Emergencies, is a network of gamma radiation sensors. It monitors parts of Spain – which operates nuclear power plants – for excessive radiation. The…
Infinity Rehab and Avamere Health Services notify 380,984 patients about breach at Avamere (with updates)
In April 2022, DataBreaches became aware of a possible breach involving Avamere Holdings, a group of companies providing senior living healthcare and rehabilitation services including IT services. Today, we learned that they did have a breach of their network. Premere Rehab, LLC (“Infinity Rehab”) reported that Avamere Health Services had alerted them that they had…
DOJ Investigating 2020 SolarWinds Cybersecurity Breach of Judiciary’s Court Management System
Avalon Zoppo reports: The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating a cybersecurity breach that involved the judiciary’s electronic filing and case management system, the department’s National Security Division head told the House Judiciary Committee Thursday. The committee’s chairman, Rep. Jerry Nadler, raised the issue at the start of the hearing, noting that the U.S. Administrative…
Newfoundland and Labrador English School District
VOCM reports: The Newfoundland and Labrador English School District has confirmed a breach of system accounts. The NLESD says about two dozen accounts were hacked on Monday and Tuesday of this week. Read more at VOCM.