DataBreaches would have passed over a listing on LockBit3.0’s site if Brett Callow hadn’t kindly called our attention to it. The listing by the threat actors was for HSKS Greenhalgh Chartered Accountants and Business Advisors, and LockBit claimed to have exfiltrated 168 GB of files with: Employees (NIN numbers, passport scans, ID scans, Employee forms…
Category: Business Sector
A Hacker Faked His Own Death–Then Claimed To Have Sold Marriott Customer Data To Russians, FBI Says
Thomas Brewster reports: A hacker told the FBI earlier this year that he sold access to the personal data of Marriott hotel customers on a Russian forum, according to a search warrant obtained by Forbes. He also hacked into a number of U.S. state death certificate registration agencies in an effort to fake his own demise,…
Rackspace racks up $12M bill in ransomware raid recovery
How much does incident response cost following a ransomware attack? Would you believe $12 million and counting? Rackspace’s costs from last year’s ransomware infection continue to mount: the cloud hosting biz told America’s financial watchdog, the SEC, its total expenses to date regarding that cyberattack have reached $12 million – so far. The extortionware raid…
LockBit ransomware group assemble strike team to breach banks, law firms and governments.
Kevin Beaumont writes: Recently, I’ve been tracking LockBit ransomware group as they’ve been breaching large enterprises: I thought it would be good to break down what is happening and how they’re doing it, since LockBit are breaching some of the world’s largest organisations — many of whom have incredibly large security budgets. Read more at…
Toronto, Canada: Moneris Hit by Cyber Attack, Medusa Team Demands $6M Ransom
Marco A. De Felice reports: In the past hours, another prominent name in global finance has fallen victim to a cyber attack on its IT infrastructure. This time, the Canadian company Moneris, a technology and financial firm specializing in digital payment processing and serving as a partner for leading card brands in Canada such as…
FBI knows identities of some U.S. members of “Scattered Spider,” but no arrests so far?
Zeba Siddiqui, Christopher Bing, and Raphael Satter report: The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has struggled to stop a hyper-aggressive cybercrime gang that’s been tormenting corporate America over the last two years, according to nine cybersecurity responders, digital crime experts and victims. For more than six months, the FBI has known the identities of…