DarkReading reports: 23andMe, the popular DNA testing company, has launched an investigation after client information was listed for sale on a cybercrime forum this week. On Oct. 1, a post was published on the forum with a link to a sample of allegedly “20 million pieces of data” from the genetic testing company, claiming that it…
Category: U.S.
D.C. Board of Elections voter registration data up for sale on dark web (1)
A new listing on ransomedvc claims, “We have successfully breached the District of Columbia Board Of Elections and have gotten more than 600k lines of USA Voters.” The listing links to a sample consisting of one registered voter’s data. That listing included a number of fields with, but not limited to, VoterID, registration date, voter’s…
Parkers Chapel School District network hacked; FBI investigating
Caitlan Butler reports: The Parkers Chapel School District has been hacked, and federal law enforcement agencies, in partnership with the State of Arkansas, are currently investigating the matter. John Gross, PCSD superintendent, said the district learned about the hack last Thursday, Sept. 29. “There’s rumors they’ve been in there for months, but I don’t know…
INC Ransomware claims to have hit Federal Labor Relations Authority
On September 20, a relatively new ransomware gang called INC Ransomware added the Federal Labor Relations Authority to their leak site. As proof, they offered six images of files, two of which appear to contain personal information from cases or submissions involving care. In response to a request from this site, INC also provided DataBreaches…
Blackbaud settles breach probe by states for nearly $50M
Steven Ardary reports: A South Carolina software company has agreed to a multi-million dollar settlement for a 2020 ransomware event that exposed the personal information of millions of consumers in the United States. South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced that Blackbaud would pay $49.5 million to states settling allegations that the company violated state…
MOVEit Data Breach Lawsuits Sent to Massachusetts Federal Court
Christopher Brown reports: More than 100 lawsuits arising from a cyberattack on Progress Software Corp.‘s MOVEit file transfer application will be consolidated in federal court in Massachusetts, the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation said. Centralization of the lawsuits in the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts will serve the convenience of the parties and…