CHARLOTTE, N.C. – A dual citizen of Nigeria and the United Kingdom was sentenced today to seven years in prison for his role in a multimillion-dollar business email compromise (BEC) scheme, announced Dena J. King, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina, and Alamdar S. Hamdani, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Texas….
Category: Government Sector
Barbados Revenue Authority files listed for sale by threat actors (1)
Records from the Barbados Revenue Authority such as property tax records and vehicle owner’s registration records are being offered for sale, but is the government even aware that personal information has been acquired and is at risk of misuse? According to a post on a well-established Russian-language forum, there are 230GB of uncompressed data that…
VA staff got into Vance, Walz medical files, sparking investigation
Today’s reminder of the insider threat, as reported by The Washington Post: At least a dozen employees at the Department of Veterans Affairs improperly accessed the medical records of vice-presidential nominees JD Vance and Tim Walz this summer, VA investigators found, in a violation of federal health privacy laws that is under criminal investigation. VA…
A cyberattack on Kuwait Health Ministry impacted hospitals in the country
Pierluigi Paganini reports: Kuwait’s Health Ministry was the victim of a cyberattack that took systems at several of the country’s hospitals offline. The cyber attack also impacted the Ministry of Health website, which is still offline, and Kuwait’s Sahel healthcare app. “Kuwaiti Health Ministry announced on Wednesday that many essential features are back and running…
Nightsleeper-style’ cyber attack hits 20 railway stations: Passengers logging on to public wi-fi at UK’s biggest transport hubs ‘are met with screen about terror attacks in Europe’
The Daily Mail reports: Nineteen major railway stations across Britain including ten in London have been hit by a major cyber attack impacting their public wi-fi systems for passengers. Network Rail confirmed London Euston, Manchester Piccadilly, Liverpool Lime Street, Birmingham New Street and Glasgow Central were among those impacted. British Transport Police launched an investigation after travellers logging into…
US Capitol Hit by Massive Dark Web Cyber Attack: Reports
Theo Burman reports: Personal information of more than 3,000 congressional staffers has been leaked across the dark web in a wide-ranging cyberattack on the Capitol, according to reports. Internet security firm Proton found over 1,800 passwords used by staffers in Congress available on the dark web, through an investigation of exposed accounts among U.S. political staffers, according…