(translation): The attack was noticed a few days ago and according to a report in the newspaper “Kathimerini”, the Ministry of National Defense and the Police have been involved in the investigation into the incident, while the EYP is monitoring the developments. Initially there was concern about the possibility that the company fell victim to…
Category: Business Sector
Accellion’s data breach left clients in tough position: pay extortion to criminals, or have their data dumped (with updates)
A breach involving Accellion‘s older file transfer application has left a number of its customers in the unenviable position of not only having a data breach to deal with, but with the added threat that their data and their clients’ data will be dumped by threat actors if they do not pay extortion demands. At…
Three North Korean Military Hackers Involved in Sony Pictures Hack, Wanna Cry, and Numerous Other Attacks Indicted in Wide-Ranging Scheme to Commit Cyberattacks and Financial Crimes Across the Globe
A federal indictment unsealed today charges three North Korean computer programmers with participating in a wide-ranging criminal conspiracy to conduct a series of destructive cyberattacks, to steal and extort more than $1.3 billion of money and cryptocurrency from financial institutions and companies, to create and deploy multiple malicious cryptocurrency applications, and to develop and fraudulently…
San Jose Man Pleads Guilty to Computer Hack that Shut Down Opening Day Concession Sales at San Jose Earthquakes Stadium
SAN JOSE – Salvatore A. La Rosa pleaded guilty today in federal court in San Jose to intentional damage to a protected computer, announced United States Attorney David L. Anderson and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge Craig D. Fair. La Rosa, 41, of San Jose, admitted in his guilty plea to intentionally…
Thousands of CityBee users have their personal data leaked online
Matthew Holroyd reports: Police in Lithuania are investigating after the personal data of 110,000 people was leaked to an online hacker website. The car-sharing service, CityBee, confirmed the records and information of thousands of its customers had been compromised in the incident. Read more on EuroNews.
Jones Day disputes claimed breach; points to hacked vendor; hacker points back to them (UPDATE2)
Although Jones Day failed to respond to multiple inquiries sent to it by this site about a ransomware attack claimed by CLOP threat actors*, the giant law firm apparently responded to inquiries by the Wall Street Journal. Their statement, however, omits important information and has been disputed by the threat actors. WSJ reports, in part:…