Another luxury brand has been hacked. This time it’s Cartier. And before your brain starts racing back to the recent disclosures of breaches involving Dior and Tiffany no, Cartier is not another luxury LVMH brands. Cartier is owned by Richemont. SecurityWeek reports: According to a notification sent to affected clients obtained by SecurityWeek, the compromised data…
Category: Breach Incidents
Lower Merion School District says a data breach was caused by a computer glitch (1)
DataBreaches cannot read “Lower Merion School District” without recalling the “Webcamgate” scandal of 2010, when the district was discovered monitoring students remotely in their bedrooms on district-issued MacBooks. At the time, they initially denied any misuse of remote access that was part of a security feature. Now the district is back in local news in…
After $1 Million Ransom Demand, Virgin Islands Lottery Restores Operations Without Paying Hackers
Nelcia Charlemagne reports: Virgin Islands Lottery’s executive director, Raymond Williams, says the entity is now “90 percent back [to] functionality” after a cybersecurity incident that halted operations across the territory. The March ransomware attack compromised Lottery’s entire network. Mr. Raymond appeared before the Committee on Government Operations, Veterans Affairs, and Consumer Protection on Friday. He reminded Committee…
U.S. Sanctions Cloud Provider ‘Funnull’ as Top Source of ‘Pig Butchering’ Scams
Brian Krebs reports: The U.S. government today imposed economic sanctions on Funnull Technology Inc., a Philippines-based company that provides computer infrastructure for hundreds of thousands of websites involved in virtual currency investment scams known as “pig butchering.” In January 2025, KrebsOnSecurity detailed how Funnull was being used as a content delivery network that catered to cybercriminals…
U.S. Government Employee Arrested for Attempting to Provide Classified Information to Foreign Government
Yet another reminder of the insider threat: a press release from the Department of Justice. Ironically, this insider worked for the Insider Threat Division of the Defense Intelligence Agency. An IT specialist employed by the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) was arrested today for attempting to transmit national defense information to an officer or agent of…
ConnectWise suspects cyberattack affecting some ScreenConnect customers was state-sponsored
Lawrence Abrams reports: IT management software firm ConnectWise says a suspected state-sponsored cyberattack breached its environment and impacted a limited number of ScreenConnect customers. “ConnectWise recently learned of suspicious activity within our environment that we believe was tied to a sophisticated nation state actor, which affected a very small number of ScreenConnect customers,” ConnectWise shared…