Jordan Robertson reports: Brown-Forman Corp., a manufacturer of alcoholic beverages including Jack Daniel’s and Finlandia, said it was hit by a cyber-attack in which some information, including employee data, may have been impacted. The company, which is based in Louisville, Kentucky, said in a statement it was able to prevent its systems from being encrypted,…
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Texas Man Sentenced to 57 Months for Computer Hacking and Aggravated Identity Theft
From the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Northern District of New York, yesterday, an update on a previously reported case: ALBANY, NEW YORK –Tyler C. King, age 31, of Dallas, Texas, was sentenced today to 57 months in prison for computer fraud and aggravated identity theft in connection with his hacking of a New York-based technology company….
Check Point researchers uncovered Alexa flaw that exposed personal information and speech histories
Sharon Ross reports: Researchers at Check Point say they identified an exploit in Amazon’s Alexa voice platform that could have given attackers access to users’ personal information, speech histories, and Amazon accounts. In a blog post, they describe the way in which an attack might have been carried out against a user, beginning with a…
Travelex Forced into Administration After Ransomware Attack
After all these years of reporting on breaches, it’s still unusual to read that a company has folded as a result of a data breach, but we live in different times because of the added burden of the pandemic. Phil Muncaster reports: Ransomware victim Travelex has been forced into administration, with over 1000 jobs set…
Ransomware Threatens Production of 300 Ventilators Per Day
Felipe Erazo: The FDA-approved Coronavirus ventilator manufacturer Boyce Technologies has been targeted by ransomware launched by the DoppelPaymer gang, who are threatening to leak data from the company. Cointelegraph has viewed the DoppelPaymer blog, where the gang lists example files of the data stolen during the attack, including sales and purchase orders, assignment forms, among…
Pepperstone Updates Clients on Data Breach Investigation
Aziz Abdel-Qader reports: Multi-regulated FX broker Pepperstone has just updated its clients about the data security breach that occurred just over a week ago. The company said the security issue had originated from one of its third-party vendors after cybercriminals used malware to compromise its computers and obtained access to the provider’s credentials. Not so long after…