Michael Hill reports: Ride-hailing giant Uber has confirmed that it is responding to a cybersecurity incident as reports emerge that the firm has suffered a significant network data breach forcing it to shut down several internal communications and engineering systems. Attacker announces Uber breach through compromised Slack account In a statement on Twitter, Uber wrote…
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NY: Suffolk County struggles to recover from BlackCat ransomware attack
Suffolk County on Long Island joined the ranks of those hit by a ransomware attack, and the results and impact are not surprising. One headline on September 13 somewhat said it all: “County IT systems crippled, with websites, email down, five days after discovery of cyberattack.” By yesterday, county officials were working to send out…
Ocean City therapist used patients’ credit cards for psychic readings
Lynda Cohen reports: An Ocean City therapist who used dozens of clients’ credit cards to pay for thousands in psychic readings was admitted into pretrial intervention last month, BreakingAC has learned. Ashley Crooks, 32, was charged with theft by deception and unlawful use of credit cards after racking up $40,000 in charges over two months…
Vulnerability allows access to credentials in Microsoft Teams
Steve Zurier reports: Researchers on Tuesday reported that this past August they identified an attack path that lets malicious actors with file system access to steal credentials for any Microsoft Teams user who’s logged-on. In a Sept. 13 blog post, the Vectra Protect team said because attackers do not require elevated permissions to read these…
NY: Empress EMS hit by Hive ransomware
On September 9, Empress EMS in New York contacted HHS to report an incident that affected 318,558 patients. According to a notice on their website, an unauthorized individual gained access to their system on May 26 and copied what they describe as a “small subset of files” on July 13. On July 14, Empress discovered…
Fired Uber attorney testifies against ex-security chief in trial over 2016 data breach cover-up
Maria Dinzeo reports: A onetime attorney for Uber who was fired for his role in a suspected coverup of a major 2016 data breach took the stand in the criminal criminal obstruction trial of his former boss on Wednesday, testifying that ex-security chief Joe Sullivan was responsible for changes to a nondisclosure agreement with two…