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‘GhostEmperor’ returns: Mysterious Chinese hacking group spotted for first time in two years

Posted on July 19, 2024 by Dissent

Alexander Martin reports: An elusive and highly covert Chinese hacking group tracked as GhostEmperor — notorious for its sophisticated supply-chain attacks targeting telecommunications and government entities in Southeast Asia — has been spotted for the first time in more than two years. And according to the researchers, the group has gotten even better at evading…

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Shame on Interserver.net for not responding to notification of exposed sensitive and stolen data

Posted on July 17, 2024July 17, 2024 by Dissent

Shame on Interserver.net. On July 10, DataBreaches notified hostdepartment.com by email that an IP address was exposing hundreds of data leaks/dumps that had been caught up in hacking or ransomware incidents. When they didn’t respond, I called them the next day. They asked me to resubmit the abuse alert to interserver.net. I promptly did that…

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London Borough of Hackney reprimanded following cyber-attack

Posted on July 17, 2024 by Dissent

From the Information Commissioner’s Office: We have issued the London Borough of Hackey with a reprimand following a cyber-attack in 2020 that led to hackers gaining access to and encrypting 440,000 files, affecting at least 280,000 residents and other individuals including staff. In October 2020, hackers attacked the London Borough of Hackney (LBoH) systems –…

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Microsoft links Scattered Spider hackers to Qilin and RansomHub ransomware attacks

Posted on July 17, 2024 by Dissent

Sergiu Gatlan reports: Microsoft says the Scattered Spider cybercrime gang has added Qilin ransomware to its arsenal and is now using it in attacks. “In the second quarter of 2024, financially motivated threat actor Octo Tempest, our most closely tracked ransomware threat actor, added RansomHub and Qilin to its ransomware payloads in campaigns,” Microsoft said Monday. After…

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Cyberattack costs growing at UnitedHealth Group, could reach $2.45 billion for this year

Posted on July 16, 2024 by Dissent

Christopher Snowbeck reports: Second quarter earnings beat analyst expectations at UnitedHealth Group, even as the Minnetonka-based health care giant said it saw more expenses handling the fallout from a massive cyberattack earlier this year. The company now expects cyberattack costs could reach $2.45 billion for the year, including more direct expenses for financial support for…

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Brevard Alzheimer’s Foundation and Joe’s Club continue to leak sensitive and disturbing images

Posted on July 13, 2024July 13, 2024 by Dissent

CAUTION:  This post contains some images showing adults with bruises or injuries. The images may be upsetting or disturbing. In October 2023, DataBreaches was contacted by a moderator for BreachForums. He had come across an exposed database and seeing how sensitive it was, contacted this site to see if we could alert those responsible for…

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