He called himself ALTDOS when he first contacted DataBreaches in 2020. In 2021 he started contacting this site as DESORDEN. Then in 2024, he contacted this site as GHOSTR, and more recently, as 0mid16B. Under each new moniker, he denied being the individual DataBreaches knew under previous monikers, even though based on his targets, his…
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Belgian prosecutor probes alleged Chinese hacking of intelligence service
The Straits Times reports: The Belgian federal prosecutor said on Wednesday it had started a probe into alleged Chinese hacking of Belgium’s intelligence service VSSE in November 2023, confirming an earlier report by Belgian daily Le Soir. The prosecutor added that it had received an accusation filed by VSSE in relation to the case. The…
Beverly Hills Plastic Surgeon Jaime Schwartz M.D. Sued for Not Timely Notifying Patients of Two Hacks
Patients not told their nude photos had been leaked on the internet. There’s a follow-up on one of the plastic surgery ransomware attacks this site first reported in October 2023 after the Hunters International threat actors added Jaime S. Schwartz, MD, to their leak site with proof of claims. At the time, Dr. Schwartz’s practice…
Major IVF provider Genea suffers ‘cyber incident’ (1)
Update: On February 24, 2025, the Termite ransomware group claimed responsibility for the attack on Genea. On their darkweb leak site, they claim to have ~700gb of data from company’s servers such as confidential, personal data of clients. They posted a number of screenshots with patient records as proof of claims. ACS Information Age…
School board approves letter to AG for PowerSchool data breach
Caleb M. Soptelean, The Sanford Herald, N.C. reports: The Lee County Schools Board of Education has requested that the North Carolina Attorney General pursue legal action against PowerSchool over a nationwide data breach that occurred late last year. The school board voted unanimously to send a letter to the AG, which was requested by board…
Maybe we should all file breach reports against Musk like Kevin did. (1)
The Washington Post reports: Agents of billionaire Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency have gained access to highly restricted government records on millions of federal employees — including Treasury and State Department officials in sensitive security positions — as part of a broader effort to wrest control over the government’s main personnel agency, according to…