Daniel Hampton reports: The website for a yeshiva high school in Great Neck was down Monday evening following an apparent hack in which anti-Semitic propaganda and racial slurs were reportedly published. Patch confirmed that around 5 p.m., the website for North Shore Hebrew Academy showed the site was “under construction.” Read more on Patch.
Category: Hack
Chinese hackers suspected of attacking government agencies in Mongolia
From SecurityLab.ru: A Chinese cybercriminal APT group is suspected of hacking into the network of a Mongolian software company and hacking into a chat application used by hundreds of Mongolian government agencies. According to experts from ESET, the attack took place in June this year. Hackers attacked an application called Able Desktop, developed by local company Able Software. The…
U.S. Treasury breached by hackers backed by foreign government – sources
Updates: 1. This story is growing, and Reuters has now updated its reporting. 2. Kim Zetter obtained a report from Microsoft that she posted on Twitter in a thread. MSFT offers instructions on detecting and removing the threat, here. 3. FireEye has also updated their research report, here: ” Highly Evasive Attacker Leverages SolarWinds Supply…
Brooklyn Defender Services Identifies and Addresses Data Security Incident
December 10 – Today, Brooklyn Defender Services, a public defender organization representing clients in criminal, immigration, and family proceedings, announced that it has identified and addressed a data security incident. Brooklyn Defender Services recently discovered that an unauthorized person gained access to some of Brooklyn Defender Services’ employees’ email accounts. On September 13, 2020, Brooklyn Defender…
VA: Konikoff Dental Associates notifies patients and employees of possible data breach
WAVY reports: Konikoff Dental Associates Harbour View released a statement on its website warning patients of a possible data breach. The statement says the dentistry became aware of the incident on October 11 and it may affect the security of personal information for some patients and employees. Read more on WAVY. The dental practice’s full…
Fax Express leaked database noted by New Jersey
Seen on NJCCIC, a summary of a breach noted by them on December 10: A hacked database belonging to Fax Express, an office equipment supply store based in Ocean County, NJ was exposed, revealing approximately 560,000 compromised usernames and dehashed passwords. The breached database is connected to the domain shredderstoo[.]com and is assessed to be owned…