SuperAlloy Industrial Company Ltd. (SAI) is an international company specializing in engineering and manufacturing lightweight metal products predominantly for the automotive industry. You may not recognize their name but might be driving around on their wheels, as SAI has produced lightweight forged aluminum wheels for McLaren, Ferrari, AMG, BMW, Jaguar, Daimler, and other manufacturers. SAI…
Category: Breach Incidents
Hackers claim to hit Israeli tourism sites
Tzvi Joffre reports: A hacker group called Sharp Boys claimed that it had obtained data from Israeli tourism sites on Tuesday, including ID numbers, addresses, credit card information and more. Which sites were affected? The affected sites, according to the hackers, are hotels.co.il, isrotel.com, minihotel.co.il, tivago.co.il and danhotels.com. Read more at Jerusalem Post.
GAO: HHS Needs Improved Data Breach Reporting
Frank Konkel reports: The Government Accountability Office is recommending the Department of Health and Human Services establish a feedback mechanism to improve the effectiveness of its data breach reporting process. The singular recommendation, issued in a June 27 audit, follows a significant increase in the number of data breaches involving unsecured protected health information at HHS….
MO: Fitzgibbon Hospital hit by ransomware, sensitive data leaked
Although one of this year’s trends in cybercrime seems to be a return to the theft/extort model, some groups continue to encrypt victims’ files. On Saturday, DataBreaches received information pointing to an attack on Fitzgibbon Hospital in Missouri. The group claiming responsibility call themselves “Daixin Team.” It is not a name known to DataBreaches…
A Pennsylvania HIM services provider hit with ransomware; threat actors claim they will leak source code
Hive threat actors have allegedly hit Diskriter, a Pennsylvania-headquartered firm that provides health information management services, revenue cycle management solutions, transcription services, and staffing. Diskriter’s clients include a number of state and municipal governments as well as medical facilities. Hive’s spokesperson claims that the ransomware group was able to exfiltrate more than 160 GB of…
SCOOP: Hive claims responsibility for attack on Artear, the Argentinian multimedia giant
On June 1, Clarin reported that their Artear (Arte Radiotelevisivo Argentino) group, had been attacked by cybercriminals who managed to install ransomware. Artear is responsible for producing and broadcasting several television channels in Argentina. Clarin’s announcement did not name the threat actors, and claimed that by then, no ransom demand had been received, but DataBreaches…