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…
Category: Breach Incidents
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.
Nashville plastic surgery center hit by ransomware
The plastic surgery center of Dr. Kristin Tarbet in Bellevue Washington was not the only plastic surgery hit by ransomware on May 1. On the same day, Maze Team also reportedly hit Nashville Plastic Surgery Institute, LLC, dba Maxwell Aesthetics. It was the very day that they were reopening after having been shut down totally…
London accounting firm attacked by Sodinokibi operators
The London accountancy firm MJ Payne Ltd advertises that it is a Specialist accounting services for small and micro businesses. Stress free. They may need to redact the “Stress free” claim now that they have allegedly been attacked by REvil ransomware operators. On Friday, and as proof of their attack, the REvil operators posted screencaps…