What do you do when you have suffered an embarrassing data breach, your attacker(s) are taunting and criticizing you publicly, and some of your data has already been leaked? This month, DataBreaches notes that two victims in different countries are both seeking court injunctions in the hope that they can get stolen data removed from…
Category: Breach Incidents
Senate bill pushes cyber mandates for medical industry in wake of Change Healthcare debacle
Jonathan Greig reports: Hospitals and other healthcare businesses would be required to adopt minimum cybersecurity standards and face annual audits under new legislation introduced by two prominent senators on Thursday. The Health Infrastructure Security and Accountability Act, announced by Sens. Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Mark Warner (D-VA), would provide $1.3 billion for the Department of…
Defendants Sentenced for Global Darknet Conspiracy
Defendants Sold Stolen Financial Information from Tens of Thousands of Victims Worldwide KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A citizen of Nigeria, who was extradited from the United Kingdom, was sentenced in federal court yesterday for his involvement in a conspiracy to sell stolen financial information on the darknet from tens of thousands of victims from around…
Montenegro Launches New Open Data Portal after Cyberattack
In August 2022, Montenegro announced that they had been the victim of a cyberattack by Russian hackers. Days later, the Cuba ransomware group claimed responsibility for the attack that damaged much of the government’s digital infrastructure. A May 2023 news story on Montenegro’s struggle to recover noted that according to the Ministry of Public Administration,…
Muskogee City County Enhanced 911 Trust Authority Discloses Breach Earlier This Year
Muskogee City County Enhanced 911 Trust Authority (“MCC911”) confirmed yesterday that it experienced a ransomware attack earlier this year. According to a press release, MCC911 first detected unusual system activity on July 25, 2024 that indicated they had been the victims of a ransomware attack. MCC911 immediately began an investigation and took steps to contain…
Hacker uses Telegram chatbots to leak data of top Indian insurer Star Health
Christopher Bing and Munsif Vengattil report: Stolen customer data including medical reports from India’s biggest health insurer, Star Health, is publicly accessible via chatbots on Telegram, just weeks after Telegram’s founder was accused of allowing the messenger app to facilitate crime. The purported creator of the chatbots told a security researcher, who alerted Reuters to…