Jessica Lyons reports: One of the world’s largest sperm banks, California Cryobank, is in a sticky situation.… It’s had to tell folks their sensitive information, including names and bank account numbers, was likely stolen from it by digital intruders. The IT break-in occurred between April 20 and April 22, last year, according to a notification…
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Center for Digestive Health notifies patients of April 2024 cyberattack
In May, 2024, the threat actors known as BianLian added the Center for Digestive Health in Florida to their dark web leak site. In June, they leaked what they claimed was 2.2 TB of files that they described as: A physical and medical history examination. Accounting, budget, financial data. Contract data and NDA’s. Accidents. Files…
SSK Plastic Surgery discloses it experienced a hack and extortion attempt in 2024
Another plastic surgery practice has revealed that it was the victim of a cyberattack with an extortion demand. SSK Plastic Surgery in California recently notified the California Attorney General’s Office of an incident. The state’s website indicates that SSK Plastic Surgery reported that the breach occurred on March 20, 2024 and was discovered or ended…
Justice Department Charges 12 Chinese Contract Hackers and Law Enforcement Officers in Global Computer Intrusion Campaigns
Chinese Law Enforcement and Intelligence Services Leveraged China’s Reckless and Indiscriminate Hacker-for-Hire Ecosystem, Including the ‘APT 27’ Group, to Suppress Free Speech and Dissent Globally and to Steal Data from Numerous Organizations Worldwide Note: View the indictments in U.S. v. Wu Haibo et al., U.S. v. Yin Kecheng, U.S. v. Zhou Shuai et al. here. The Justice Department, FBI, Naval…
Criminal hacker known as ALTDOS, DESORDEN, GHOSTR and 0mid16B arrested
He called himself ALTDOS when he first contacted DataBreaches in 2020. In 2021 he started contacting this site as DESORDEN. Then in 2024, he contacted this site as GHOSTR, and more recently, as 0mid16B. Under each new moniker, he denied being the individual DataBreaches knew under previous monikers, even though based on his targets, his…
Belgian prosecutor probes alleged Chinese hacking of intelligence service
The Straits Times reports: The Belgian federal prosecutor said on Wednesday it had started a probe into alleged Chinese hacking of Belgium’s intelligence service VSSE in November 2023, confirming an earlier report by Belgian daily Le Soir. The prosecutor added that it had received an accusation filed by VSSE in relation to the case. The…