Schools continue to be an attractive and all-too-easy target for criminal groups. This week, Rhysida threat actors added Paris High School in Illinois to their leak site as an “auction” item: There is nothing on the district’s website to indicate any problems or breach. The only possible indicator currently found was on the district’s…
Category: Breach Incidents
Franklin, Tennessee suffered a cyberattack in March. Do employees know their information was involved?
Franklin, Tennessee was the victim of a cyberattack in March. Because they have not issued any public statements or responded to inquiries as to whether they have notified those whose personal information was accessed or acquired, DataBreaches is providing this report. In the Beginning During a recent chat with the Trigona ransomware group about an…
Ukrainian hackers take down service provider for Russian banks
Sergiu Gatlan reports: A group of Ukrainian hackers known as the Cyber.Anarchy.Squad claimed an attack that took down Russian telecom provider Infotel JSC on Thursday evening. Among other things, Moscow-based Infotel provides connectivity services between the Russian Central Bank and other Russian banks, online stores, and credit institutions. Read more at BleepingComputer.
Another hospital hit by ransomware: Columbus Regional Healthcare System in North Carolina hit by Daixin
Columbus Regional Healthcare System (CRHS) is a non-profit organization in North Carolina licensed for 154 beds. The Daixin ransomware group claims that on May 18, they encrypted the hospital’s servers after exfiltrating data and deleting backups. A Ransom Demand and Failed Negotiations A spokesperson for Daixin tells DataBreaches that three days after they encrypted the…
The 2023 Verizon DBIR is out — get your copy now
Verizon’s top-notch annual Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) is out. You can jump to the Executive Summary of the report, download the entire report, or view it online. Here is its seven key insights infographic, below. Of the seven key insights, the figure that stands out the most to me is 74%: 74% of all…
Coincidence or is something up in the courts?
On June 5, 2023, in the U.S. case against Diogo Santos Coelho (“Omnipotent” of RAIDForums), Lauren Pomerantz Halper was added as an attorney for the U.S. On June 5, 2023, in the U.S. case against Conor Brian Fitzpatrick (“Pompompurin” of BreachForums), Lauren Pomerantz Halper was added as an attorney for the U.S. That the same…