If anyone knows anything about the attack described below, please contact me via Signal or via email (see the Contact page for both). You can also reach me on Telegram @DissentDoe. And if you are the threat actor and are willing to delete/purge the data, please get in touch. Catalin Cimpanu made me aware of…
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A data breach that put 688,000 patients at risk just became … even worse
Q: What’s worse than a really bad data breach involving patient and employee data? A: A really bad data breach where the data gets leaked on the internet for everyone to grab for free. In June 2021, DataBreaches.net reached out to Sea Mar Community Health Centers in Washington to alert them to what appeared to…
Hacker steals $200,000 through Multichain bug, offers to return 80% to victim
Tim Copeland reports: The ongoing exploitation of the cross-chain protocol Multichain has now totaled $1.5 million, according to ZenGo co-founder Tal Be’ery. A bug in the protocol is being exploited by multiple blockchain wallets, with either one hacker or many behind the attacks. One of the hackers, who has stolen $200,000 through this bug, has offered some remorse….
UK: Gloucester Council cyber attack linked to Russian hackers
BBC reports: A cyber attack which has knocked out parts of a council website has been linked to the work of Russian hackers. Gloucester City Council became aware that its IT systems had been affected on 20 December last year. Since then, the council’s online revenue and benefits, planning and customer services have been affected….
Moncler confirms ransomware attack and data breach
Sead Fadilpašić reports: Italian luxury fashion brand Moncler has confirmed it suffered a major ransomware attack that led to a data breach. In a press release, the company said that after the incident occurred in late December last year, it had received a ransomware demand, which it rejected, as it goes “against its founding principles”. As a…
Another Hack Faced By Lympo, Lost 165.2 Million LMT Tokens Worth $18.7 Million
Antonio K. Smith reports: The most recent hack in the crypto industry is the hot wallet hacking of Lympo, which is a subsidiary of Animoca Brands and a sports NFT platform. The bad actors compromised the platform’s hot wallets and stole about 165.2 million LMT tokens worth $18.7 million at the time of the hack….