Connor Jones reports: Germany’s Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) says one in ten organizations in the country affected by CrowdStrike’s outage in July are dropping their current vendor’s products. Four percent of organizations have already abandoned their existing solutions, while a further 6 percent plan to do so in the near future. It wasn’t…
Category: Business Sector
Sea-Tac refuses to pay 100-bitcoin ransom after August cyberattack
Elise Takahama reports: The hackers behind last month’s cyberattack on Seattle-Tacoma International Airport are demanding a 100-bitcoin ransom — about $6 million — for stolen data, though just how much information was accessed, and what kind, is still unclear. During a Wednesday morning hearing with the U.S. Senate’s Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, the airport’s aviation managing director, Lance…
Russian Security Firm Doctor Web Hacked
Eduard Kovacs reports: Russian antimalware company Doctor Web, the developer of Dr.Web cybersecurity products, on Tuesday said it was recently targeted in a cyberattack. In an English-language statement posted on its website, the security firm said it had detected a targeted attack aimed at its resources on September 14. “The attempt to harm our infrastructure was prevented…
AT&T ordered to pay $13M settlement in latest setback for company
Paulina Okunytė reports: After allegedly paying nearly $400,000 for a ransom in May, AT&T is reaching for its wallet again. This time, it’s to settle a cloud breach investigation led by the FCC. In a press release on September 17th, 2024, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced a $13 million settlement with AT&T to resolve…
RansomHub releases 487GB of data allegedly stolen from Kawasaki
Ernestas Naprys reports: RansomHub, a ransomware newcomer that rose to prominence this year, has claimed a breach of Japanese company Kawasaki and released 487GB of its data publicly. Last week, Kawasaki’s European headquarters released a statement in which they informed the public that it was recovering from a cyberattack. “At the start of September, Kawasaki…
Fortinet confirms customer data breach
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai reports: On Thursday, cybersecurity giant Fortinet disclosed a breach involving customer data. In a statement posted online, Fortinet said an individual intruder accessed “a limited number of files” stored on a third-party shared cloud drive belonging to Fortinet, which included data belonging to “less than 0.3%” of its customers. The company said that…