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Author: Dissent

Snatch ransomware team adds health insurer victim to their leak site

Posted on December 3, 2021 by Dissent

In April, CareFirst BlueCross Blue Shield  posted a notice on its website concerning a ransomware attack in January. The health plan’s announcement reports that the preliminary assessments suggested that:   the attack was limited to CHPDC. Early analysis also indicates that members of other CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield companies, the Federal Employees Program (FEP) and Federal…

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Oops! County explains how driver’s licenses were posted in place of animal adoption photos

Posted on December 3, 2021 by Dissent

Jakob Emerson reports: Sangamon County Animal Control (SCAC) is embroiled in a community controversy once again. SCAC is responsible for the sharing of uncensored photos of Illinois driver’s licenses to the internet in the place of photos of animals available for adoption at the facility. Anyone in the world with an internet connection could see photos, names,…

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Two Georgia men sentenced for using Dark Web to steal identities of elderly victims

Posted on December 2, 2021 by Dissent

ATLANTA – Durrell Tyler and DeShawn Johnson have been sentenced for access device fraud and aggravated identity theft related to their use of stolen identities to open accounts with credit card companies and various retailers. “Criminals using dark net markets to steal identities wreak havoc on the lives of individuals and compromise the financial security…

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Cyber ​​attack on Kisters AG by orchestrated ransomware attack

Posted on December 2, 2021 by Dissent

On November 10-11, Kisters AG in Germany was hit by a ransomware attack. Because the firm is a critical infrastructure supplier for energy systems and with the potential for downstream compromise, this one has raised significant concerns.  The following are some translated snippets from energie.blog, which has been providing updates on the attack: Update: 11/21/2021:…

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Double Extortion Ransomware Victims Soar 935%

Posted on December 2, 2021 by Dissent

Phil Muncaster reports: Researchers have recorded a 935% year-on-year increase in double extortion attacks, with data from over 2300 companies posted onto ransomware extortion sites. Group-IB’s Hi-Tech Crime Trends 2021/2022 report covers the period from the second half of 2020 to the first half of 2021. During that time, an “unholy alliance” of initial access brokers and…

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UK: Private medical files dumped in cabinet outside GP surgery

Posted on December 2, 2021 by Dissent

Josh Layton reports: Hundreds of patients’ confidential details were found dumped in an unlocked filing cabinet left outside an unused doctors’ surgery. The sensitive personal files were reference cards that included individuals’ names, dates of birth, addresses and NHS numbers. They were left for days in a doorway among piles of leaves outside the former…

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