DW reports: Germany accused Russia’s military intelligence service, the GRU, on Friday of being behind a 2023 cyberattack that targeted the Social Democrats (SPD). NATO member Germany has been among the Western nations providing military support to Ukraine as it fights a Russian invasion and there have also been recent accusations of increased espionage. In June 2023, the SPD announced that cybercriminals had…
Category: Business Sector
Former Cybersecurity Consultant Arrested For $1.5 Million Extortion Scheme Against IT Company
For those who would like a timely reminder about making sure you terminate access and take control of devices immediately when an employee or contractor terminates employment, consider this press release from the Southern District of New York on May 1. Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced…
Conservative News Websites Hacked, Replaced With Page Leaking Private Information
Charlie Nash reports: Two conservative news websites – Human Events and The Post Millennial – were hacked on Thursday evening and replaced with a page leaking private information. Both websites were taken down by unnamed hackers and replaced with a fake coming out letter purported to be written by Post Millennial senior editor Andy Ngo. […] At the…
Au: Man arrested as one million club patrons are caught in data breach
Anna McGuinness and Carla Mascarenhas report: NSW Police arrested a man in Fairfield West on May 2 in connection with an alleged data breach that potentially caught out one million club patrons. Police said a 46-year-old man was taken to Fairfield Police Station where he was expected to be charged with blackmail. […] The data…
Zoom misrepresents its Global Select service, then won’t cancel and refund? An FTC complaint has now been filed.
Pop Quiz: A company misrepresents what its service can do. An innocent consumer, having relied on their claims, signs up for their service but soon discovers that it cannot do what Sales had assured them it would. Upon discovering the misrepresentation within days of subscribing to the service, the consumer immediately tries to cancel the…
The Post and Courier hacked; Black Suit claims to have 500 GB of data.
The Post and Courier proudly declares itself the main daily newspaper in the South, with a heritage going back to The Courier, founded in 1803, and The Evening Post, founded in 1896. Over its history, The Post and Courier has covered many news stories. But today, they are the story because the Black Suit ransomware…