Thomas Brewster reports: Everybody Eats and its rival, Little Haiti Vulchas, were known as violent drug gangs. Now, as homicides continue to pile up, police say the gangsters have turned their backs on narcotics and are getting most of their revenue from a less risky crime. They’re using data stolen by Russian hackers and peddled…
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Broward schools took extraordinary steps to hide key details of massive data breach
Scott Travis reports: When the Broward School District learned that hackers may have accessed the personal data of thousands of people from district servers, its response was to hide and delay. The district took extraordinary steps to keep the public, including 50,000 potential victims, from learning about ransomware attacks that took place from November 2020 to March…
Credit Suisse denies wrongdoing after big banking data leak
BBC reports: Credit Suisse has hit out after a massive data leak has brought to light the hidden wealth of several clients of the bank. Data on more than 18,000 bank accounts, holding more than $100bn (£73.6bn), was leaked to German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung by a whistleblower. It includes personal, shared and corporate accounts, as well as…
Grand Junction man negotiates with ransomware ‘bad guys’
Tom Hesse reports: Eastern Europe can be perilous if you have the kind of job Kurtis Minder has. It’s a line of work featuring regular correspondence with the FBI and familiarity with the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Asset Control Sanctions list. Minder operates in the sprawling world of cybersecurity, drawing interest for his…
Allen ISD cybersecurity update: personal information of more than 500 employees hacked in September 2021
Jay Wallis provides an update on the Allen ISD ransomware incident first reported by the district in September. Part of the district’s newly revealed findings: According to the investigation, there is no evidence that any unauthorized user got into Allen ISD’s databases, including the Student Information and Financial databases. District officials said they determined that…
OKC Police rape kit info exposed in data breach of DNA contractor
Brett Dickerson reports: Victims of past sexual assault who had their DNA collected in a rape kit by the Oklahoma City Police Department now face yet more uncertainty because of a data breach. Rape kits are used to collect DNA evidence by law enforcement agencies for sexual assault investigations. Saturday, those who had their DNA…