Jonathan Wheatley reports: Krispy Kreme said a cyber security attack has disrupted its online operations in the part of the US, as the doughnut maker warned it would have a material impact on its business. The US company said on Wednesday that it had been notified on November 29 of “unauthorised activity” in part of…
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Hackers are exploiting a flaw in popular file-transfer tools to launch mass hacks, again
Carly Page reports: Security researchers are warning that hackers are actively exploiting another high-risk vulnerability in a popular file transfer technology to launch mass hacks. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-50623, affects software developed by Illinois-based enterprise software company Cleo, according to researchers at cybersecurity company Huntress. The flaw was first disclosed by Cleo in a security…
Cyberwar: Hackers tried to attack UA defense enterprises; UA hits Gazprombank with DDoS
State Special Communications / Yelyzaveta Kovtun reports: Hacker group UAC-0185 attempted to attack Ukrainian defense enterprises, as well as the Security and Defense Forces. Hackers used phishing emails for this. As reported in the State Intelligence Service, the hackers disguised their letters as official messages on behalf of the Ukrainian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs….
Is KillSec3 Trying to Extort Victims Using Publicly Leaked Data?
KillSec3 is a ransomware group, but is it really encrypting its victims these days? Recent data suggests that its affiliate(s) may be trying to extort victims using data that has already been publicly leaked. The following was researched and written by Dissent Doe, JayeLTee, and a third researcher who prefers to remain in the shadows….
Alleged ShinyHunters member returned to France after prison in the U.S., now facing French charges
On January 9, 2024, DataBreaches reported that French national Sébastien Raoult had been sentenced in a Seattle federal court, but might be out in 11 months. As a suspected member of ShinyHunters, Raoult (aka “Sezyo Kaizen”) had been extradited to the U.S. after being detained in Morocco on his way home to France from a…
HHS OCR Imposes a $548,265 Penalty Against Children’s Hospital Colorado for HIPAA Violations
Not all monetary penalties are for breaches affecting large numbers of patients. In this case, HHS imposed a penalty on an entity that had breaches in both 2017 and 2020. DataBreaches notes that the 2017 incident affected 3,370 patients, and the 2020 incident affected 2,553 patients — as reported to HHS at the time. Today,…