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Author: Dissent

A Rare Win in the Cat-and-Mouse Game of Ransomware

Posted on October 24, 2021 by Dissent

Nicole Perlroth reports: In a year rife with ransomware attacks, when cybercriminals have held the data of police departments, grocery and pharmacy chains, hospitals, pipelines and water treatment plants hostage with computer code, it was a win, rare in the scale of its success. For months, a team of security experts raced to help victims of a high-profile ransomware group quietly recover…

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Hacker sells the data for millions of Moscow drivers for $800

Posted on October 24, 2021 by Dissent

Bill Toulas reports: Hackers are selling a stolen database containing 50 million records of Moscow driver data on an underground forum for only $800. According to Russian media outlets that purchased the database, the data appears to be valid and contains records collected between 2006 and 2019 Russian news publisher Kommersant called a small sample of the exposed…

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Pakistani agents hack Sambalpur University website

Posted on October 24, 2021 by Dissent

WCE3 reports: In a shocking incident, some Pakistani agents reportedly hacked the official website of Sambalpur University in Odisha today. According to reports, the University’s website’s page ‘grievance.suniv.ac.in’ was hacked by the agents who wrote ‘hacked by Devil Killer.’ Hacking of the website came to the fore as some students were using it for their…

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UK: Tesco website hacked and down for second day

Posted on October 24, 2021 by Dissent

Claire Gordon reports: One of the UK’s biggest supermarkets has been hit by hackers leaving its website and shopping app offline. The Tesco website is hacked and showing an error message for the second day running leaving people unable to fill their virtual trolleys, book delivery slots or amend existing orders. A spokesperson for the…

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Swiss exhibitions organizer MCH Group hit by cyber-attack

Posted on October 24, 2021 by Dissent

Emma Woollacott reports: Swiss events organizer and marketing company MCH Group was hit by a malware attack on Wednesday (October 20), and says it is working to get systems up and running again. The company has more than 700 employees and runs around 90 exhibitions, including the Art Basel shows in Basel, Miami Beach, and Hong Kong,…

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Tech Etch notifying employees of August ransomware incident

Posted on October 24, 2021 by Dissent

Today’s reminder that a business may also have a health plan for employees with protected health information. PLYMOUTH, Mass., Oct. 23, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Tech Etch, a trusted provider of critical components specializing in manufacturing precision-engineered thin metal components, flexible printed circuits, and EMI/RFI shielding, announced today that it will begin notifying current and former employees whose information…

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