Kirk Nahra and Amy Gopinathan of Wilmer Hale write: State Attorneys General settle with Wawa, Inc. for 2019 data breach that compromised approximately 34 million payment cards used by consumers. On July 26, 2022, Acting New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin announced that New Jersey is co-leading an $8 million multistate settlement with Wawa, Inc. (Wawa)…
Category: Business Sector
Malware attacks reported by three Japanese entities
Two of the following incidents occurred in June; the first one is recent: WDB Holdings Co. Ltd confirms ransomware attack WDB Group (WDB Holdings) issued the following statement on August 2: Since August 1, 2022, we have been experiencing an issue that prevents us from accessing the mail system and file servers of our group’s…
Former Twitter Employee Found Guilty of Acting as an Agent of a Foreign Government and Unlawfully Sharing Twitter User Information
A federal jury yesterday convicted a former Media Partnerships Manager for the Middle East/North Africa (MENA) region at Twitter of acting as a foreign agent without notice to the Attorney General, conspiracy, wire fraud, international money laundering, and falsification of records in a federal investigation. The verdict follows a two-week trial before the Honorable Senior…
CISCO got hit… and immediately took control of the story
It is the kind of story destined for big headlines. The Yanluowang group announced today that they had attacked CISCO. But instead of them controlling the story, CISCO seems to have immediately taken control. The threat actors, who appear not to be a fan of Grammarly, posted a directory of Drive C: on their leak…
SCOOP: ista International takes systems offline in wake of ransomware attack; Daixin Team claims thousands of servers encrypted
ista International GmbH is a multinational company that manages data and processes that make buildings climate-friendly, safe and comfortable. As they describe themselves: We see the future of our success in the Internet of Things (IoT). Very soon billions of devices will talk directly to each other. This communication will largely take place in and…
Bits ‘n Pieces
Updating some HHS reports: First Choice Community Health Care reported its ransomware attack to HHS on August 1 as impacting 101,541 patients. BHG Holdings / Behavioral Health Group reported its breach to HHS on July 27 as impacting 197,507 patients. Elsewhere: California: A former owner of a T-Mobile retail store in Eagle Rock has been…