Bill Toulas reports: Hackers breached Zacks Investment Research (Zacks) company last year and gained access to personal and sensitive information belonging to 820,000 customers. […] An internal investigation into the incident determined that a threat actor gained access to the network somewhere between November 2021 and August 2022. It is unclear if any data was…
Category: Breach Incidents
Stratford University discloses ransomware attack — but which ransomware attack?
In September 2022, DataBreaches reported Stratford University had been the target of three ransomware attacks in previous months by REvil, Snatch Team, and Avos Locker. Snatch Team and Avos Locker had informed DataBreaches that neither had encrypted Stratford’s files; they exfiltrated and attempted to ransom them. Stratford never responded to inquiries from DataBreaches about the multiple…
Lutheran Social Services of Illinois notifies 184,183 of ransomware attack one year ago
On March 25, 2022, Lutheran Social Services of Illinois (LSSI) notified HHS of a breach affecting 1,000 people. The incident, still under investigation by HHS, was coded as a “Hacking/IT Incident” involving data on the network server. On January 25, 2023, LSSI notified the Maine Attorney Genera’s Office a breach affecting a total of 184,183…
Indianapolis Housing Authority breach was worse than originally estimated
In early October, Fox News reported that the Indianapolis Housing Authority had suffered a cyberattack, noting The personal information of approximately 25,000 IHA residents plus the data from vendors and employees as well as financial transactions shared with the Department of Housing and Urban Development are likely at risk. The city has now reported the…
Hive Ransomware’s infrastructure seized; law enforcement “hacked the hackers”
After months of a “cyber stakeout” in which law enforcement officials lawfully hacked the hackers, one of the top ransomware gangs in the world had their servers seized and their operations dismantled. DataBreaches reported the seizure earlier this morning. Hive ransomware gang has been the subject of numerous posts on DataBreaches over the past two…
NCSC: Russian and Iranian hackers targeting UK politicians, journalists
John Leonard reports: NCSC, the cyber security arm of GCHQ, has issued an advisory warning about the targeting of media and political organisations by hackers from Russia and Iran. The groups mentioned, SEABORGIUM from Russia and TA453 (alias APT42 and Charming Kitten) from Iran, are believed to be associated with the governments of those countries….