23andMe may try to blame the victims for their massive data breach, but how are they going to blame anyone for it taking them five months to detect the breach? Mariella Moon reports: In late 2023, genetic testing company 23andMe admitted that its customer data was leaked online. A company representative told us back then that the bad…
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HPE: Russian hackers breached its security team’s email accounts
Lawrence Abrams reports: Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) disclosed today that suspected Russian hackers known as Midnight Blizzard gained access to the company’s Microsoft Office 365 email environment to steal data from its cybersecurity team and other departments. Midnight Blizzard, aka Cozy Bear, APT29, and Nobelium, is a Russian state-sponsored hacking group believed to be part…
Au: St Vincent’s Health says there is ‘no evidence’ sensitive personal information was stolen by hackers in cyber attack
Bryant Hevesi reports: St Vincent’s Health has declared that no evidence has been uncovered that sensitive personal information was stolen by hackers last month. The healthcare provider, which operates 10 hospitals and 26 aged-care facilities across New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria, was left scrambling to identify what data had been accessed from its network…
$2.4 trillion securities platform owner hacked. EquiLend admits “unauthorised access”
Ed Targett reports: Financial technology company EquiLend – the owner of a NGT [Next Generation Trading], a platform that executes $2.4 trillion of securities transactions each month – has confirmed “unauthorized access to our systems” on January 22. The incident has disrupted some of its services, it confirmed. “We took immediate steps to secure our…
UK: Coventry school reprimanded for data breach after IT system ‘hacked three times’
Claire Harrison reports: A Coventry school has been reprimanded for data breaches after its IT system was ‘hacked three times’. In doing so, the Information Commissioners Office has said that Finham Park Multi Academy Trust did not have adequate account lockout or password policies in place.. The ICO said, in a report, that an unauthorised third party…
Microsoft says Russian government hackers stole email from its leaders
Joseph Menn reports: Microsoft said hackers working for the Russian government broke into its corporate networks two months ago and stole email from executives and some employees in its cybersecurity and legal departments. Microsoft said in a late Friday blog post that it had detected the November breach on Jan. 12 and was beginning to notify staffers…