Jeff Stone reports: Russia’s effort to bring its hackers back home is gaining traction. For years, the US and Russia have sparred over the fate of alleged cybercriminals. There was Yevgeniy Nikulin, a Russian man who broke into LinkedIn, Dropbox and Formspring a decade ago and eventually became the subject of competing extradition requests from the rival…
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Orbit Chain’s Bridge Hacked for $81.5 Million in a Major Security Breach
Bhushan Akolkar reports: Although the cryptocurrency markets have progressed significantly bridge attacks and hacks continue to plague the market due to bad players. In a concerning development, Orbit Bridge, a prominent cross-chain bridge protocol, has experienced a notable outflow of $81.5 million across various cryptocurrencies, signaling a potential major hack. On December 31st, an anonymous…
Pro-Palestinian operation claims dozens of data breaches against Israeli firms (1)
Daryna Antoniuk reports: Pro-Palestinian hackers say they breached dozens of Israeli entities amid the ongoing war in Gaza, which has also extended into cyberspace. A group calling itself Cyber Toufan said it launched an operation against Israel at the end of November, promising to publish leaked information from hacked websites every day throughout the month….
Recent attacks on Fred Hutch and Integris: Is attempting to extort patients directly becoming the “new normal?”
DataBreaches previously reported a breach involving Integris Health in Oklahoma. The incident did not involve encryption, but the threat actors were reportedly contacting patients directly and offering to remove their protected health information for a small fee before leaking or selling the data of what they claim is more than two million patients. DataBreaches noted…
Integris Health notifying patients of hack and warning them not to respond to the hackers
On December 24, Integris Health of Oklahoma started contacting patients about a cyberattack on November 28. The unnamed threat actors did not encrypt any of the health system’s files, but Integris learned that patients were being contacted directly by threat actors. Integris has posted a notice with updates and an FAQ to help inform those…
Troves Of Iranian Hacked Insurance Customer Data On Sale
Iran Intl reports: Anonymous hackers are selling 160 million customer information records cobbled together from 23 Iranian insurance companies for approximately $75,000. The Iranian Leakage Tracking System (Leakfa) has confirmed the validity of the hackers’ claim, stating that the information was obtained through a breach of the Expert Information Technologists (Fanavaran) company infrastructure. The information offered for…