Catalin Cimpanu reports: The Ukrainian Secret Service (SSU) announced today the arrest of a hacker known as Sanix, responsible for selling billions of hacked credentials on hacking forums and Telegram channels. The SSU says it arrested Sanix in Ivano-Frankivsk, a city in western Ukraine. Read more on ZDNet.
Category: Breach Incidents
REvil responds to Grubman Shire law firm: “We will get the money”
A ransomware team that locked up the files of entertainment law firm Grubman Shire Meiselas & Sacks after stealing copies of the files has responded to reactions to their demand for $42 million to unlock the files and to prevent the attackers from releasing the firm’s files about President Trump. The attackers claim that the…
AKO ransomware operators put some hurt on pain management doctors
Ransomware operators known as the Maze team have been getting media attention for their influence in implementing what is being called a double extortion scheme: attackers gain access to their victim’s network, exfiltrate data, and then lock up the victim’s system with ransomware. They then demand a fee — which may be hundreds of thousands…
Lurie Children’s sued over patient information breach
Mitch Dudek reports: A mother is suing Lurie Children’s Hospital and two former employees who allegedly accessed the medical records of her 3-year-old daughter, who underwent a sexual abuse examination at the hospital early last year. The mother received a letter from the hospital in late December informing her a nursing assistant had been accessing…
Shiny Hunters’ bursts onto dark web scene following breaches, Microsoft data theft claims
Bradley Barth reports: A malicious actor known as Shiny Hunters has emerged as a serious dark web player following a spate of high-profile breaches, and now the hacker or hackers is claiming to have stolen data from Microsoft’s private GitHub repositories and is threatening to release the code for free. According to researchers from ZeroFOX Alpha Team,…
Leak Of Pune Municipal Corporation Data Spreads Personal Details Of Patients Over Social Media
Prachee Kulkarni reports: Names, locations, contact numbers, medical history — it’s all part of the Google Maps link created by Smart City officials, which was accessed by the public. Civic officials surprisingly casual about breach, say they will ‘consider’ going to the cops Read more on Pune Mirror.