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Chinese embassy blames hackers for retweet of Trump’s claim that Democrats cheated in election

Posted on December 10, 2020 by Dissent

Arjun Kharpal reports: The Chinese embassy in the U.S. said its Twitter account was hacked after it retweeted a baseless claim from President Donald Trump that the Democrats cheated in the election. Read more on CNBC, although the remainder of the report seems to be more about Trump and the election and less about the embassy’s Twitter…

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Hackers are selling more than 85,000 SQL databases on a dark web portal

Posted on December 10, 2020 by Dissent

Update:  To read the original research report on the threat actors and sale/auction on the dark web, see this report by Guardicore. Catalin Cimpanu reports: More than 85,000 SQL databases are currently on sale on a dark web portal for a price of only $550/database. The portal, brought to ZDNet‘s attention earlier today by a security…

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Thai securities trading firm goes offline after cyberattack

Posted on December 10, 2020 by Dissent

It seems that yet another group of threat actors are trying the double-extortion method, replete with trying to get media coverage. “ALTDOS,” as they call themselves, contacted a number of news outlets in Thailand and online news sites to announce that they had attacked CGSEC on December 4. “A large Thailand SET public listed company…

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More than 1 million patients notified of hack involving Dental Care Alliance

Posted on December 9, 2020 by Dissent

Dental Care Alliance is notifying patients this week of a hacking incident that began on September 18,  was discovered October 11, and contained on October 13. Dental Care Alliance, LLC is based in Sarasota Florida, and describe themselves as a dental support organization.  As they inform patients on their web site: You won’t see the…

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Mum’s the word? What are these school districts doing after a recent breach?

Posted on December 9, 2020 by Dissent

On November 15, ABC in Chicago reported that suburban school district Township High School District 211 experienced a security breach in which outgoing emails, phone calls, and text messages had been compromised over the weekend.  Parents reported receiving offensive messages, some of which were sexual. On November 20, Patch reported that a teacher’s account in…

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TX: Fraudsters who stole health information to fund spending spree plead guilty

Posted on December 9, 2020 by Dissent

KLTV reports: Two individuals have pleaded guilty to conspiracy to obtain information from a protected computer in the Eastern District of Texas. Demetrius Cervantes, 46, of McKinney, and Amanda Lowry, 40, of Sherman, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to obtain information from a protected computer on Dec. 3, 2020.  Their co-conspirator, Lydia Henslee, 29, of Denison,…

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