On November 3, Thales claimed that they had found no evidence to confirm any claim that LockBit 3.0 had breached their system. Today, LockBit 3.0 dumped some data, and not just a proof pack. They dumped more than 9 GB of data. MarketWatch reported: Shares in Thales SA fell Friday after it said that data…
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Bits ‘n Pieces (Trozos y Piezas)
ES: Half a million taxpayers and 50,000 police have their information stolen by attackers El Economista reports the General Council of the Judiciary (CGPJ) suffered a cyberattack on its Punto Neutro Judicial (PNJ) platform that connects judicial bodies with other government agencies, including the National Police Force, the Attorney General’s Office, and the General Secretariat…
Taking down a ransomware hacker
An FBI investigation into a criminal ransomware gang believed to be tied to Russia led to a Canadian government employee in Gatineau, the largest cryptocurrency seizure in Canadian history and hundreds of victims around the world. Roxanna Woloshyn, Marie-Maude Denis and Linda Guerriero report: In the early morning hours of Jan. 27, 2021, two police…
AU: Teenager pleads guilty to blackmailing Optus data breach victims
Freya Noble reports: A Sydney teenager has pleaded guilty to two charges after trying to blackmail people caught up in the Optus data breach. Dennis Su, 19, texted 93 of the telco’s customers, demanding they transfer $2000 to a CBA bank account “or face their personal information being used for financial crimes”. Su downloaded the personal details from a website that…
Maple Leaf Foods suffers outage following weekend cyberattack
Bill Toulas reports: Maple Leaf Foods confirmed on Sunday that it experienced a cybersecurity incident causing a system outage and disruption of operations. Maple Leaf Foods is Canada’s largest prepared meats and poultry food producer, operating 21 manufacturing facilities, employing 14,000 people, and contracting over 700 barns. In 2021, the firm generated $3.3 billion in…
AG Healey Secures $16 Million From Multistate Settlements With Experian and T-Mobile Over Data Breaches
BOSTON — Attorney General Maura Healey today announced multistate settlements with Experian, totaling over $13.67 million, concerning data breaches in 2012 and 2015 that compromised the personal information of millions of consumers nationwide. A $2.5 million multistate settlement was also reached with T-Mobile in connection with the 2015 Experian breach, which impacted more than 15 million individuals…