Joshua Schulte, who called himself “Bad Ass,” and who was also called “Voldemort” by colleagues in the C.I.A.’s Operations Support Branch, was convicted by a federal court jury in New York of sending the CIA’s “Vault 7” cyber-warfare tools to WikiLeaks in 2017. Larry Neumeister and Tom Hays of AP report: A former CIA software…
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Hilton Garden Inn Cleveland Downtown warns of credit card data breach
Today’s reminder that malware on point-of-sale systems is still a thing. Danielle Cotterman reports: If you used a credit or debit card at Hilton Garden Inn Cleveland Downtown, you may want to double-check your bank statements. The hotel, located at 1100 Carnegie Avenue, is notifying customers that payment information may have been stolen from cards used…
200,000 Colorado Springs Utilities notified after unauthorized data access of subcontractor’s system
Ashley Eberhardt reports: Colorado Springs Utilities said in an email to customers that sensitive data stored by a subcontractor had been accessed by an “unauthorized party” in June. In the email sent out on Wednesday, Springs Utilities said they learned of the breach on July 6, and that the breach occurred on June 15, 2022….
Tenet Healthcare faces lawsuit after Baptist Health System data breach affects 1.2 million patients
Catherine Martin reports: A Texas man has filed a class-action lawsuit against Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare and its affiliate Baptist Health System after the companies experienced a data breach this year that affected more than a million patients. The lawsuit was filed July 5 in Dallas County on behalf of Troy Contreras, one of about 1.2…
Experian, You Have Some Explaining to Do
Brian Krebs writes: Twice in the past month KrebsOnSecurity has heard from readers who’ve had their accounts at big-three credit bureau Experian hacked and updated with a new email address that wasn’t theirs. In both cases the readers used password managers to select strong, unique passwords for their Experian accounts. Research suggests identity thieves were able to…
Don’t Put All Your Eggs in the Silent-Cyber Basket
William P. Sowers Jr. and Michael S. Levine of Hunton Andrews Kurth write: The Eastern District of Pennsylvania recently gave another reminder why cyber insurance should be part of any comprehensive insurance portfolio. In Construction Financial Administration Services, LLC v. Federal Insurance Company, No. 19-0020 (E.D. Pa. June 9, 2022), the court rejected a policyholder’s attempt…