Marco A. De Felice of SuspectFile writes: This article will serve to retrace, documenting them, the various steps that led us to have an exchange of numerous emails with the BlackByte ransomware group. We will tell, through a series of data, what damage the computer attack and the consequent theft of documents caused to the…
Category: Government Sector
Franklin, Tennessee suffered a cyberattack in March. Do employees know their information was involved?
Franklin, Tennessee was the victim of a cyberattack in March. Because they have not issued any public statements or responded to inquiries as to whether they have notified those whose personal information was accessed or acquired, DataBreaches is providing this report. In the Beginning During a recent chat with the Trigona ransomware group about an…
Website leak exposes sensitive data of 85 million Turkish residents: report
Medya News reports: Sensitive personal data of Turkish citizens and residents of Turkey has been compromised, according to the Free Web Turkey, a platform dedicated to combating internet censorship in the country. On Friday, the platform exposed the existence of a website called Sorgu Paneli, which allows unrestricted access to personal data such as identification numbers,…
Switzerland fears government data stolen in cyberattack by PLAY threat actors
AFP reports: Switzerland said Thursday that government operational data might have been stolen in a cyberattack on the technology firm that provides software for several departments. “Xplain, a Swiss provider of government software, has been the victim of a ransomware attack. After the stolen data had been encrypted and the company blackmailed, the attackers posted some of…
Au: Hackers Follow Through with Dark Web Threat After Law Firm Rejects Ransom
GVS reports: A hacking group claiming to be Russian-linked cybercriminals has published sensitive data from one of Australia’s largest law firms, HWL Ebsworth, after the firm refused to pay their ransom demands. The AlphV ransomware gang, also known as BlackCat, announced on the dark web that it had released 1.45 terabytes of data allegedly stolen…
Rhysida ransomware group claims attack on Martinique
A ransomware group that first emerged in May has added the government of Martinique to its leak site. Although there is no current notice on Martinique’s Facebook page, on May 24, they posted a notice about the cyberattack: A machine translation of the notice reads: #Cyberattack Implementation of the continuity plan On May 16,…