Access to Tesorería General de la República, the General Treasury of the Republic of Chile (TGR) may be up for sale on a popular hacking forum. A forum post claiming that tesorería.cl and tgr.cl had been hacked was first reported by Germán Fernández on Twitter on January 30. The post by a new forum member…
Category: Breach Incidents
Hidalgo County Adult Probation Office hit by ransomware attack
Valerie Gonzalez reports: The Hidalgo County Adult Probation Office is recovering from a ransomware attack over the weekend. The incident happened Saturday but was resolved Monday, Hidalgo County Judge Richard F. Cortez confirmed. Read more at MyRGV.com, although there’s not much more to note other than the intriguing statement that they did not have to…
MA: DotHouse Health discloses data breach but has yet to send letters to patients
On or about December 10, AlphV (aka BlackCat) added DotHouse Health.org to their leak site, where they attempt to pressure victims into paying any ransom demands. In this case, the threat actors did not post any proof pack, but they claimed to have infiltrated 800 GB of data from the Massachusetts HIPAA-covered healthcare provider. On…
Russian hackers using new Graphiron information stealer in Ukraine
Bill Toulas reports: The Russian hacking group known as ‘Nodaria’ (UAC-0056) is using a new information-stealing malware called ‘Graphiron’ to steal data from Ukrainian organizations. The Go-based malware can harvest a wide range of information, including account credentials, system, and app data. The malware will also capture screenshots and exfiltrate files from compromised machines. Symantec’s…
More lawsuits filed over Knox College ransomware attack
By early December 2022, Hive ransomware gang had not only claimed responsibility for an attack on Knox College, but when the college hadn’t paid their demand, they contacted students directly. As NBC reported, the emails sought to get students to pressure the college to pay: “We have compromised your collage networks,” the email said, written…
Bigger than they knew: Diligent Corp. sends more notifications after discovering hacked data on the internet
Diligent Corp is a software as a service company, headquartered in New York. In June, 2022, they disclosed an incident that occurred in May. According to their disclosure at the time, on or around May 21, 2022, an unauthorized actor accessed a network supporting Steele Compliance (a firm acquired by Diligent in February 2021). Diligent…