Joel Julien reports: Massy Stores is currently investigating claims that an international ransomware group has dumped over 700,000 its files, revealing the personal information of staff and customers following a hack attack earlier this year. A cybersecurity expert who verified the documents has revealed that the Hive Ransomware group has dumped 87,550 folder and 704,047…
Category: Hack
Computer hacker of famous musicians’ digital accounts is jailed
The UK’s Crown Prosecution Service issued the following press release today: A computer hacker who stole unreleased music from famous musicians and sold them on the dark web in exchange for cryptocurrency has today been imprisoned. Adrian Kwiatkowski (DOB: 11/10/1999) offered to sell two unreleased songs by British pop star, Ed Sheeran and 12 unreleased…
Bits ‘n Pieces (Trozos y Piezas)
AR: Armed Forces Joint Chiefs of Staff computer system hit by ransomware In developing news, the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the Armed Forces suffered a computer attack that caused them to disconnect servers from the internet as a preventive measure. Last night, military authorities confirmed the presence of “a malicious virus” in the networks…
EnergyAustralia hit by cyber attack in latest breach
Freya Noble reports: EnergyAustralia is the latest business to be hit by a cyber attack, resulting in customer details being exposed. The electricity company said the breach involved the customer platform My Account and 323 residential and small business customer accounts were accessed. These accounts include the customer’s name, address, email address, electricity and gas…
Iranian Cyber Group Emennet Pasargad Conducting Hack-and-Leak Operations Using False-Flag Personas
FBI Private Industry Notification 20 October 2022 PIN Number 20221020-001 Summary The FBI is providing information concerning ongoing hack-and-leak cyber operations conducted by Iranian cyber group Emennet Pasargad. According to FBI information, since at least 2020, Emennet targeted entities primarily in Israel with cyber-enabled information operations that included an initial intrusion, theft and subsequent leak…
Brazil arrests suspect linked to the Lapsus$ hacking group
Sergiu Gatlan reports: Today, the Brazilian Federal Police arrested a Brazilian suspect in Feira de Santana, Bahia, believed to be part of the Lapsus$ extortion gang. The suspect was detained following an investigation started in December 2021 after last year’s breach of the Brazilian Ministry of Health. Read more at BleepingComputer. Related: Statement from the Brazilian…