Torsten Ove reports: A man accused of hacking the human resources databases at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center starting in 2014 and stealing the data of 65,000 employees was arrested Tuesday in Detroit. Justin Sean Johnson is under indictment in Pittsburgh on charges of conspiracy, wire fraud and aggravated identity theft in connection with…
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Care New England website remains down; no evidence found of data exfiltration
Brian Amaral provides an update on what sounds like a ransomware attack: Care New England’s investigation into ongoing IT problems hasn’t turned up any evidence of unauthorized access to patient information, the nonprofit’s president and CEO said Wednesday. Dr. James Fanale said Care New England, which includes Kent Hospital, Women & Infants Hospital and Butler…
Cognizant reports the April ransomware attack to California
Lawrence Abrams reports: On April 17th, Cognizant began emailing their clients to warn them that they were under attack by the Maze Ransomware so that they could disconnect themselves from Cognizant and protect themselves from possibly being affected. This email also contained indicators of compromise that included IP addresses utilized by Maze and file hashes for the kepstl32.dll,…
KIPP: SoCal notifies parents after learning of GitHub breach
KIPP SoCal is notifying parents of a breach after a vendor alerted them to it. In their notification, they explain: On June 2, 2020, KIPP SoCal was notified of an issue involving unauthorized access to a data file containing certain students’ information. The issue was found when a vendor that we contract with discovered that…
OR: Keizer city computers hacked and ransomed for $48,000
Eric A. Howald reports: The city of Keizer’s computer system was hacked on Wednesday, June 10, and officials were only able to regain access to the data by paying the perpetrators a $48,000 ransom. At this point, no sensitive data appears to have been accessed or misused. Read more on The Keizer Times.
Stopping Hackers in Their Tracks
From the FBI: A nightmare scenario for many organizations recently became one Atlanta-based tech company’s reality. But the steps the company took before and after their sensitive data was stolen by a hacker in 2018 helped the FBI identify and arrest the culprit. Christian Kight used his computer programming skills to hack into various businesses…