Monica Benevides reports: Worcester contractor Coghlin Electrical Corp. experienced a ransomware attack on Monday [July 26], although compromised files have been recovered, the Worcester Telegram & Gazette reported Friday. When reached via email by WBJ, Coghlin CEO Sue Mailman declined to expand on the situation. From the earlier report and this one, it sounds like…
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Research finds cyber-snoops working for ‘Chinese state interests’ lurking in SE Asian telco networks since 2017
Gareth Halfacree reports: Attack protection specialist Cybereason has fingered threat actors working on behalf of “Chinese state interests” as being behind attacks on telcos operating in Southeast Asia – with some having been prowling the penetrated networks for information on high-value targets since 2017. Cybereason’s DeadRinger report, published today, described the attacks as being carried out…
Wawa Customers Win Initial Settlement Approval in Data Suit
Maeve Allsup reports: More than 22 million Wawa Inc. customers were granted preliminary class status Friday in a suit stemming from a data breach that led to the sale of their payment information on the dark web. [See previous coverage here, here, and here] Hackers accessed Wawa’s point-of-sale systems and installed malware targeting in-store payment…
Hackers leak full EA data after failed extortion attempt
Catalin Cimpanu reports: The hackers who breached Electronic Arts last month have released the entire cache of stolen data after failing to extort the company and later sell the stolen files to a third-party buyer. The data, dumped on an underground cybercrime forum on Monday, July 26, is now being widely distributed on torrent sites….
RI treasurer sues Facebook, Zuckerberg over alleged financial losses due to data breach
Katie Mulvaney reports: The state retirement system is suing Facebook and its co-founder, Mark Zuckerberg, alleging that the social media giant and its leaders breached their financial duties in connection with the collection of private data of millions of users. “As Treasurer, my job is to stand up for the financial wellbeing of all Rhode…
Zynga wins bids to compel arbitration, toss data breach case
Sara Merken reports an update to litigation following GnosticPlayers’ hack of Zynga in 2019: A California federal judge on Friday dealt a blow to plaintiffs suing mobile game developer Zynga Inc over a 2019 data breach, greenlighting a bid to compel arbitration of some users’ claims and granting a motion to dismiss the rest. The ruling in…