David Lee reports: Data transparency activists released a massive 600-hour leak of mostly Dallas Police Department helicopter footage, raising more questions about the city’s data security protocols three months after DPD admitted to a 22-terabyte deletion of case data that resulted in the release of criminal defendants awaiting trial. Distributed Denial of Secrets — a…
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Robinhood Security Breach Exposes Data on Millions of Users
Annie Massa reports: Robinhood Markets Inc. said personal information of about 7 million people — or roughly a third of its customers — was compromised in a data breach last week and that the culprit demanded payment. The intruder obtained email addresses of about 5 million people as well as full names for a separate group…
US seizes $6 million in ransom payments and expected to charge Ukrainian over major REvil cyberattack
Christina Carrega and Sean Lyngaas report: Law enforcement officials have seized an estimated $6 million in ransom payments, and the US Justice Department is expected to announce Monday that it has charged a suspect from Ukraine over a damaging July ransomware attack on an American company in a breakthrough for the Biden administration’s pursuit of cybercriminals, CNN…
Human error blamed for Eastern Ontario school board data breach
Shawna O’Neill reports: Last Saturday evening, an email with a link to private information was sent from the Catholic District School Board of Eastern Ontario to parents and guardians of St. Joseph Catholic Secondary School students. This email is said to have included a link to a document with personal information about hundreds of students…
Five Affiliates of Sodinokibi/REvil Have Been Arrested by Now
On 4 November, Romanian authorities arrested two individuals suspected of cyber-attacks deploying the Sodinokibi/REvil ransomware. They are allegedly responsible for 5,000 infections, which in total pocketed half a million euros in ransom payments. Since February 2021, law enforcement authorities have arrested three other affiliates of Sodinokibi/REvil and two suspects connected to GandCrab. These are some…
Maxim Healthcare notifies patients of breach that occurred in October, 2020
On November 4, Maxim Healthcare Group, including Maxim Healthcare Services and Maxim Healthcare Staffing (collectively “Maxim Healthcare”) issued a press release about a breach — a press release they describe as issued “out of an abundance of caution.” That sounds like they had an option not to disclose. I would think that they were required…