Shannon Stapleton reports: T-Mobile US Inc is supporting a plaintiffs’ bid to centralize in one federal district court almost 30 lawsuits filed by customers over a recent massive data breach, but suggested a different venue due to a “dire” judge shortage. T-Mobile’s filing on Tuesday came in response to the motion filed last month by plaintiffs in one lawsuit…
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Customer Care Giant TTEC Hit By Ransomware
Brian Krebs reports: TTEC, a company used by some of the world’s largest brands to help manage customer support and sales online and over the phone, is dealing with disruptions from a network security incident that appears to be the result of a ransomware attack, KrebsOnSecurity has learned. […] On Sept. 14, KrebsOnSecurity heard from a…
Technology giant Olympus hit by BlackMatter ransomware
Zack Whittaker reports: Olympus said in a brief statement Sunday that it is “currently investigating a potential cybersecurity incident” affecting its European, Middle East and Africa computer network. […] But according to a person with knowledge of the incident, Olympus is recovering from a ransomware attack that began in the early morning of September 8….
How To Make $5 Million Hacking Facebook And Google
Davey Winder reminds us all that not all hacking is a crime and you can earn a lot of money by hacking firms that have bug bounty programs. Hacking is not a crime As regular readers and video viewers will know, #STC is a big fan of the Hacking is NOT a Crime movement. The reality is that cybercrime…
Fujitsu confirms stolen data not connected to cyberattack on its systems
Jonathan Greig reports: Fujitsu has confirmed that data being marketed by cybercriminals is not related to any cyberattack on its systems. Criminal marketplace Marketo claimed to have 4GB of data from Fujitsu last month and began marketing it widely. […] Marketo has also changed its tune, now writing that the stolen data is entirely from Japanese manufacturing…
New .avos2 variant: AvosLocker affiliate extorts $ 85k from victim thanks to old vulnerability in FortiGate VPN
Marco A. De Felice reports: An affiliate of the AvosLocker ransomware group extorts $ 85,000 in bitcoin from a company thanks to a known vulnerability in FortiGate VPN ( CVE-2018-13379 ). A vulnerability that the American multinational had corrected THANKS TO AN UPDATE released IN NOVEMBER 2019 . Those who have not updated their systems are a small company that…