Andrea Peterson reports: Web traffic from major Ukrainian internet service provider Ukrtelecom was disrupted Monday, causing one of the most widespread internet outages in the country since Russian troops invaded late last month. Ukrainian government officials attributed the disruption to a cyberattack. Read more at The Record.
Category: Hack
CA: North Orange County Community College District updates students and faculty on breach
Add North Orange County Community College District (NOCCCD) to any list you may be Curating of colleges that have suffered breaches. According to a report from the college, beginning on December 7, 2021, an unauthorized individual accessed the networks of both Cypress College and Fullerton College and may have exfiltrated copies of files. The attack…
In Act of Hacktivism, Open Source Project Maintainer Uses Code to Wipe Russian and Belarusian Computers
Scott Ikeda reports: Many criminal hacking gangs originate from Russia and nearby points in Eastern Europe, and their ransomware and malware is sometimes found with settings that automatically disable it if regional languages are set on the target computer. An open source project maintainer essentially did the opposite in protest of the war in Ukraine,…
Data of 820,000 NYC students compromised in hack of online grading system: Education Dept.
Michael Elsen-Rooney reports: Personal data for roughly 820,000 current and former New York City public school students was compromised in the hack of a widely-used online grading and attendance system earlier this year, city Education Department officials said Friday, revealing what could be the largest-ever breach of K-12 student data in the U.S. Furious city…
Weekend update: Christie Clinic, CSI Laboratories report breaches
Christie Business Holdings Company, P.C. (“Christie Clinic”) in Illinois Christie Business Holdings Company, P.C. (“Christie Clinic”) in Illinois issued a breach notice that is also prominently posted on their website. According to their notice, an unauthorized actor gained access to their system between July 14, 2021 and August 19, 2021. The unauthorized actor did not…
Trial starts next week in case of law firm sued by insurer for not disclosing thedarkoverlord hack
A trial involving a lawsuit against a law firm that was hacked in 2016 and paid extortion to thedarkoverlord but never notified their clients of the breach starts next week in Missouri. For some of the background, see previous coverage on this site: Missouri law firm sued by insurer for not disclosing 2016 hack by…