Marco De Felice (@amvinfe) reports: On February 10, the Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority was one of the latest victims of a cyber attack by Doppel Paymer. The group of cybercriminals wasted no time and yesterday uploaded the first exfiltrated documents to their site in the Tor network. According to a statement made by a spokesperson for CMHA, the…
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PA: Colonial Park Realty Co t/a Enders Notifies Customers of Data Breach
Colonial Park Realty Co. (Enders Insurance) issued a press release about a data breach that occurred last April when an employee’s email account was compromised. The breach was discovered on May 7, 2020, and they have been investigating since then, it seems, to find out who was impacted. Enders claims that they are notifying “in…
Police investigate racist hack that disrupted Ben Franklin High students’ virtual field trip
KYW reports: Police and the School District of Philadelphia are investigating after a virtual field trip by students at Ben Franklin High School was hacked. The district said three dozen students were subjected to suggestive images and inappropriate language. Read more on Radio.com.
Food server accused of stealing customers’ credit card information will plead guilty
Manola Morales reports on a case where the criminal activity occurred in 2017: A former food server accused of stealing credit card information from his customers will plead guilty in federal court on Tuesday. Prosecutors say Walter Padua conspired with another man and a woman to skim the credit cards and make purchases. Padua’s attorney…
Florida: Personal and Prescription Information Found on Side of Road
Heather Crawford reports that First Coast News has been investigating papers found on the side of the road in St. Johns County. The papers, that included a prescription bag with prescription records and a nursing home’s information, appeared to come from a luxury senior living community in Jacksonville. “The pharmacy name on everything is Guardian…
Sequoia Capital Suffers Data Breach
Dark Reading reports: Sequoia Capital last week warned investors that some of their personal and sensitive information may have been exposed in a recent data breach of the firm. According to reports, Sequoia said the data may have been accessed by a third party in the breach, which occurred as a result of a successful phishing attack on an employee via email….