The Department of Justice announced a stunning arrest today of key players in one of the most damaging threat actors in the last decade. Kudos to all involved in their arrests. You can read the DOJ’s full press release below, but let’s start with a quote from a FIN7 hunter: “FIN7 is the most prolific and…
Category: Business Sector
Hackers linked to Russian government targeted Swiss chemical weapons experts
The Local reports: The Swiss Spiez Laboratory, which specializes in the prevention of chemical, biological and atomic warfare, was apparently attacked by a group of hackers linked to Russia’s secret service. The canton of Bern-based laboratory was apparently targeted for its role in the investigation into the Skripals’ poisoning in the UK. Read more on…
UK: Dixons Carphone data breach hit extra 9m customers
Wouldn’t you hate to be That Guy who has to tell the boss that they need to revise their breach estimate up from 1+ million to 10 million? Wale Azeez reports: Dixons Carphone has apologised to all of its customers after revealing that a 2017 data breach affected personal data held in an additional 8.8…
UK shipping provider Clarkson discloses 2017 hack and ransom demand
A breach disclosure notification issued today by Clarkson PLC is particularly notable for the fact that they were reportedly able to track down and recover a hacked copy of their data: Through the investigation and legal measures, Clarksons were then able to successfully trace and recover the copy of the data that was illegally copied…
Court Rules Drivers Lack Standing to Pursue Claims Against Uber Because Data Breach Did Not Include Drivers’ Social Security Numbers
Tony Tootell and Patrick J. McMahon of Foley Lardner write: California companies housing their drivers’ personal information may feel less exposed to liability in light of the Northern District of California’s holding in Antman v. Uber Technologies, Inc. in May.[1] The trial court in Antman found that Uber was not liable to its drivers after hackers illicitly accessed their personal…
Owners of 3 small Indian IT firms arrested for leaking data
Express News Service reports: Proprietors of three small-scale IT companies were arrested on Saturday in connection with the data leak of students who appeared for the class 10 and 12 state board exams this year.The serious breach of data came to light recently as data companies were openly selling the district-wise details of nearly 8…