SAN FRANCISCO – A citizen of the United Kingdom was arrested today in Estepona, Spain by Spanish national police pursuant to a U.S. request for his arrest on multiple charges in connection with the July 2020 hack of Twitter that resulted in the compromise of over 130 Twitter accounts, including those belonging to politicians, celebrities,…
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China says Microsoft hacking accusations fabricated by US and allies
From the of-course-they-would dept., BBC reports: China has denied allegations that it carried out a major cyber-attack against tech giant Microsoft. The US and other Western countries on Monday accused China of hacking Microsoft Exchange – a popular email platform used by companies worldwide. They said it was part of a broader pattern of “reckless” behaviour…
Ke: Our database has never been hacked, says IEBC
Nixon Kanali reports: Kenya’s electoral body the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has dismissed claims that its database had been hacked. Reports reported by a section of the media had indicated that someone had gained access into the commission’s database and acquired personal details of registered voters from a country in Western Kenya. The…
NC: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine and University of North Carolina Hospitals notifying some patients of breach
From a press release: On May 20, 2021, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine (SOM) and University of North Carolina Hospitals learned that an unauthorized person may have gained access to a single SOM faculty member’s email account. This SOM faculty member provides clinical services at UNC Hospitals. SOM and UNC…
Hackers Penetrated Iran’s Railroad Computers Long Before July Attack
Iran International reports: One week after cyber attack on Iran’s ministry of roads and the railroad system, an information security office at the presidential administration reported on Sunday that hackers had penetrated the computer systems at least a month earlier. A system-wide disruption in the computer network of Iran’s railroads due to a cyberattack on July 9 disrupted…
TX: Thousands of employees and dependents of Whitehouse ISD just had their data dumped on the dark web
School districts continue to be low-hanging fruit for threat actors. While Grief threat actors hacked and then dumped data from Clover Park School District in Washington, Booneville School District in Mississippi, and Lancaster ISD in Texas, Vice Society hacked and then dumped data from Whitehouse ISD, also in Texas. On June 28, DataBreaches.net emailed Whitehouse…