Press release: TYLER, Texas –A 23-year-old Russian man has been indicted in the Eastern District of Texas for offenses related to operating a cyber-criminal marketplace that sold thousands of stolen login credentials, personal identifiable information, and authentication tools, announced Eastern District of Texas U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston. Igor Dekhtyarchuk, a resident and national of the…
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Okta’s response to Lapsus$’s claimed hack has people asking, “Why didn’t you tell us in January?”
Yesterday was not a great day for Okta. Their CSO, David Bradbury, issued a statement responding to Lapsus$’s claimed hack, but his statement led to a counter-response by Lapsus$ and even more critically, perhaps, people started asking why, if Okta knew about something in January, they had not disclosed it then. First, here’s Bradbury’s statement:…
Microsoft confirms they were hacked by Lapsus$ extortion group
Lawrence Abrams reports: In a new blog post published tonight, Microsoft has confirmed that one of their employee’s accounts was compromised by Lapsus$, providing limited access to source code repositories. “No customer code or data was involved in the observed activities. Our investigation has found a single account had been compromised, granting limited access. Our…
Japanese medical online consultation site leaking consumer-submitted images of symptoms
After multiple unsuccessful attempts to get a popular Japanese medical online consultation site to secure a misconfigured bucket, researchers at SafetyDetectives have decided to publicly disclose the leak. Doctors Me provides customers with on-demand access to professional medical advice. People can sign up for a monthly unlimited access plan (for less than $3.00 per month)…
Threat actors leak data from Scottish Association for Mental Health
It appears that RansomExx threat actors have hit the Scottish Association for Mental Health (SAMH). On March 18, SAMH posted a notice on its website. The full notice says it was dealing with an “I.T incident, which is affecting our colleagues’ ability to receive and respond to emails across both our national and local service…
WI: New development in Janesville school district ransomware incident
In October 2021, the School District of Janesville in Wisconsin disclosed that they had experienced a ransomware incident. At the time, they said that no data had been accessed or destroyed and that they had not received any ransom demand. In short order, their claims were challenged on a Russian-language forum where someone calling themself…