Many student loan borrowers caught a huge break this week with government forgiveness of some student loan debt. But for 2.5 million student loan borrowers, the week also brought news of a breach of their contact information and Social Security numbers. Nelnet Servicing in Nebraska provides technology services to EdFinancial and OSLA, including portals that…
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PA: Chester Upland schools victim of BEC scheme to the tune of $3 million
Alex Rose reports: Delaware County District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer announced Friday that an international thief or thieves stole approximately $3 million from the Chester Upland School District last year using a Florida woman as a “money mule,” but said it might have been much worse if not for the intervention of officials with the Department…
Montenegro reports massive Russian cyberattack against govt
Predrag Milic of AP reports: Montenegro’s security agency warned Friday that hackers from Russia have launched a massive, coordinated cyberattack against the small nation’s government and its services. The Agency for National Security, or ANB, said Montenegro is “under a hybrid war at the moment.” Read more at ABC.
A confusing data dump from Vice Society
Attacking entities that try to save lives or provide health care seems despicable to most people—and attacking a hospice? That may seem especially vile. Vice Society recently added two victims to their dedicated leak site: BSA Hospice of the Southwest and Family Medicine Centers/FMC Clinics. Both are Texas entities. But were both actually attacked by…
Et tu, Last Pass?
Received today: Dear valued customer, We are writing to inform you that we recently detected some unusual activity within portions of the LastPass development environment. We have determined that an unauthorized party gained access to portions of the LastPass development environment through a single compromised developer account and took portions of source code and some…
NH: Northeast Rehabilitation Hospital Network updates their 2021 breach notification
In November 2021, the Northeast Rehabilitation Hospital Network in New Hampshire notified HHS of a breach. At the time, they indicated 501 patients had been affected, which is usually just a marker for “we know it’s more than 500, but we don’t know how many just yet.” The incident was coded as a hacking/IT incident…