Ayesha Arvind reports: The Madras High Court Wednesday dismissed the petition filed by cyber security researcher Himanshu Pathak seeking a probe into the alleged data breach at national insurance firm, Star Health Insurance. Justice M Dhandapani dismissed Pathak’s petition after noting that a civil suit filed by Star Health last year dealing with the same issue is already pending…
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FBI Arrests Alabama Man in the January 2024 SEC X Hack that Spiked the Value of Bitcoin
Kelvin Munene Murithi reports: The FBI has arrested Eric Council Jr., 25, of Athens, Alabama, in connection with the January 2024 unauthorized takeover of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) X account, previously known as Twitter. The arrest follows allegations that Council played a key role in a hacking incident that led to a…
Developing: Brazilian hacker known as “USDoD” arrested by federal police
TV Globo reports (machine translation) that a 33-year-old Brazilian hacker suspected of invading the systems of the Brazilian federal police and other international institutions has been arrested. The hacker, known as “USDoD” was arrested this morning in Belo Horizonte (MG), less than two months after he was doxed by Crowdstrike. The public doxing of him…
Boston Children’s Health Physicians notifies employees and patients of September cyberattack
While it’s never good news that another medical entity has fallen prey to a cyberattack, in this day and age, it is somewhat impressive when an entity responds promptly. On October 4, Boston Children’s Health Physicians (BCHP), a medical practice in New York and Connecticut, mailed letters to affected current and former employee, patient, and…
Cisco investigates breach after stolen data for sale on hacking forum
Lawrence Abrams reports: Cisco has confirmed to BleepingComputer that it is investigating recent claims that it suffered a breach after a threat actor began selling allegedly stolen data on a hacking forum. “Cisco is aware of reports that an actor is alleging to have gained access to certain Cisco-related files,” a Cisco spokesperson told BleepingComputer. “We have…
UK law firm sanctioned by ICO after hackers steal clients’ personal details
John Hyde reports: A Hampshire law firm has been reprimanded by the data watchdog after hackers were able to access client details because of insufficient security measures. Levales Solicitors LLP, which specialised in criminal and military law, was found by the Information Commissioner’s Office to have failed to ensure the confidentiality of its processing systems….