I usually don’t link to podcasts, but this one was especially good, I thought, as an analysis of what happened in Baltimore’s ransomware incident. And I am glad to hear Graham say what I have said a number of times: “Sometimes paying the ransom is a good idea.” You can hear the podcast here. I…
Category: Breach Incidents
Nigerian Citizen Sentenced for Role in International Cyber-Fraud Scheme
There’s an update to an arrest noted last year on this site. From the U.S. Department of Justice: A citizen of Nigeria residing in Atlanta, Georgia, was sentenced to 78 months in prison yesterday for his role in an international cyber fraud scheme, announced Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal…
Tuesday: UK High Court will hear extradition appeal from alleged member of thedarkoverlord
It has been more than three years since a threat actor or group calling themselves thedarkoverlord (TDO) dramatically announced that they were hacking medical practices and demanding large amounts of bitcoin to not dump or sell patient data. Tomorrow, one man allegedly associated with TDO will be hoping that his lawyers can successfully appeal a…
Everything’s broken, Monday edition (medical data leaks)
It seems that every week I hear from researchers who find patient data or medical data exposed. And I know some of them spend inordinate amounts of time trying to contact entities to get them to secure their unsecured sensitive data. Some of these researchers do this for no pay and no expectation or hope…
Port Orange Suspends Online Payment System to Investigate Possible Data Breach Involving Click2Gov
Update: The original post below was published on October 19, 2019. On January 10, 2020, Port Orange said that they were first notified by CentralSquare on November 6. Yet they had reportedly suspended payment by October 19 to investigate. So why has it taken them so long to make this follow-up announcement? Spectrum News reports…
Student Hacked Into Downingtown Area School District System To Gain Competitive Advantage In Water Gun Fight, Officials Say
Howard Monroe reports on what sounds like yet another hack involving Naviance. We first read about a Naviance hack by a student last week involving the Montgomery County Public Schools in Maryland. Now it’s the Downingtown Area School District in Pennsylvania, it seems. A student prank went too far after personal information belonging to dozens…