David McAfee reports: Facebook Inc. will pay $6.5 million to class counsel in a lawsuit that alleged the company’s negligence allowed hackers to obtain user information via software bugs, ending a dispute over attorneys’ fees. The parties reached an agreement prior to a hearing scheduled for Thursday, they told Judge William Alsup. The amount is described…
Category: Business Sector
Hackers leak 260,000 accounts from Pakistani music streaming site Patari
Waqas reports: Patari or Patari.pk, a Pakistani music streaming site has suffered a data breach in which its database containing personal data and login credentials of over 257,000 registered users has been leaked on English and Russian language hacker forums. The exact date of the data breach remains unknown however the database was dumped online…
Dk: Bauhaus remains open while recovering from cyber incident
The following is a machine translation of a statement on Bauhaus’s site. Bauhaus is a chain of home construction goods. Last updated June 22, at 11.27 BAUHAUS stays open despite serious hacker attacks BAUHAUS was subjected to a serious hacker attack over the weekend. This means that we work at high pressure to be able to service…
OK: Lucky Star Casino Confirmed It Suffered Ransomware Attack
News9 reports: After its locations statewide were closed over the weekend, Lucky Star Casinos (sic) said Monday that it was the subject of a ransomware attack. The casino announced on its Facebook page Saturday that it closed its locations across the state. Read more on News9.
JP: Sports Club NAS and Concrete Manufacturer Ito Yogyo Both Report Ransomware Incidents
Two Japanese firms have recently disclosed ransomware incidents. Sports Club NAS, a Daiwa House Group subsidiary, issued the following statement (machine translated): Apology and report of unauthorized access to our server. Membership management operated in some of our stores (9 stores in total) on April 2, 2021 due to unauthorized access to our server (hereinafter…
Fake DarkSide gang targets energy, food industry in extortion emails
Lawrence Abrams reports: Threat actors impersonate the now-defunct DarkSide Ransomware operation in fake extortion emails sent to companies in the energy and food sectors. […] In a new report, Trend Micro researchers reveal that a new extortion campaign started in June where threat actors are impersonating the DarkSide ransomware gang. “Several companies in the energy…