Catalin Cimpanu reports: Houseparty, a video conferencing desktop and mobile application, said it would pay a $1 million bounty to anyone who could unmask the entity behind what the company described as “a paid commercial smear campaign.” The company’s apparent anger comes after Houseparty has been at the center of media reports published yesterday by…
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Medical and military contractor Kimchuk hit by data-stealing DoppelPayme ransomware
Zack Whittaker reports: Kimchuk, a medical and military electronics maker, has been hit by data-stealing ransomware, TechCrunch has learned. The Danbury, Conn.-based manufacturer, which builds electronics for medical equipment, telecoms systems and energy grids, also makes nuclear modules for the Navy, work that often requires security clearance. Read more on TechCrunch.
Indian property site hack leads to 2 million users’ data exposed
Hindustan Times reports: Private data of more than 2 million users were shared on a hacking forum following a major security breach of the Indian property website PropTiger in 2018. According to a new Have I been pwned alert, the exposed data contains both user records and login histories with more than 2 million unique customer email…
Hacker selling data of 538 million Weibo users
Catalin Cimpanu reports: The personal details of more than 538 million users of Chinese social network Weibo are currently available for sale online, according to ads seen by ZDNet and corroborating reports from Chinese media. In ads posted on the dark web and other places, a hacker claims to have breached Weibo in mid-2019 and…
Ameren Missouri Equipment Supplier Targeted In Ransomware Attack
Shahla Farzan reports: Ransomware attackers have stolen data from a third-party vendor that supplies utility equipment to Ameren Missouri power plants. Dozens of data files from Ohio-based LTI Power Systems appeared on a ransomware server in late February, including equipment diagrams and schematics from two Ameren Missouri facilities. No customer information appears to have been…
TQL faces lawsuit over data breach
Clarissa Hawes reports an update to a previously reported breach: A trucking company has filed a lawsuit against Total Quality Logistics (TQL) over its recent data breach, alleging the company was negligent after hackers attacked its computer systems in February. Owner Charles Newman, whose trucking company is not named in the filing, claims TQL, headquartered…