The hacktivist known as ElSurveillance, whose operation is #EscortsOffline, is back with two more data dumps from dating sites. The first target was 24luv.com, where ElSurveillance claims he hacked and dumped 92,937 users’ email addresses and plain-text passwords. In a defacement on the site, ElSurveillance writes, in part: I compromised this website about four months ago and…
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MI: Lansing Board of Water & Light paid $25,000 ransom after cyberattack in April
There’s an update to a ransomware attack on Lansing Board of Water & Light that had been reported back in May. The Lansing State Journal reported this week: The Lansing Board of Water & Light paid a $25,000 ransom to unlock its internal communications systems after they were disabled by a cyberattack last spring, officials…
TX: Ransomware attack targets Seguin Dermatology (updated)
Lynn Brezosky reports: A Seguin dermatologist on Friday said his office computer system was attacked with ransomware that accessed confidential patient data, including names, social security numbers and billing codes for medical services. “There was a high likelihood that protected health information (PHI) was accessed,” Dr. Robert Magnon, owner of Seguin Dermatology, said in a…
Washington State Government Breached, Administrator Accounts Dumped Online
Lee Johnstone reports: Earlier today a hacker using the handle @CyberZeist announced a breach on the Washington state government website. Today’s breach was announced on twitter and posted to pastebin [link removed by DataBreaches.net], and it contained 59 administrator accounts with user email addresses, encrypted passwords and salts. Read more on CyberWarNews.info.
PowerDuke: Widespread Post-Election Spear Phishing Campaigns Targeting Think Tanks and NGOs
Steven Adair writes: In the wake of the 2016 United States Presidential Election, not even six hours after Donald Trump became the nation’s President-Elect, an advanced persistent threat (APT) group launched a series of coordinated and well-planned spear phishing campaigns. Volexity observed five different attack waves with a heavy focus on U.S.-based think tanks and…
DCLeaks was a conspiracy to get Trump elected, but wait until you hear these Russian hackers’ motivation!
Sometimes a story just lands in your lap that is so incredible that you can’t believe it, but it’s such a great story that you can’t just ignore it, either. Sometimes you wind up debunking it, sometimes you wind up confirming it, and sometimes, you take the story as far as you can and still…