J. Bonaficic reports: T-Mobile says it’s “truly sorry” about the data breach that exposed the personal information of more than 54 million customers. “The last two weeks have been humbling for all of us at T-Mobile as we have worked tirelessly to navigate a malicious cyberattack on our systems,” the carrier said in an update on the…
Category: Hack
Berkeley High alum, 19, posted stolen nude photos of underage girls online, police say
Emilie Raguso reports: A former Berkeley High School student is facing multiple felony charges this week after police say he hacked into the accounts of nine female BHS students, stole nude photographs from them and posted the images online. Authorities say 19-year-old Liam Burgmann, a Berkeley resident, was found in possession of more than 600 images…
Advisories are published, but are enough entities reading them and taking precautions?
Three advisories have been released this week about threat actor groups. One involves ALTDOS, one involves HIVE, and one involves the “OnePercent Group,” whose name may not sound familiar to many. ALTDOS (Joint Advisory) It appears that ALTDOS is getting some serious attention from Singapore’s CSA and other agencies in Singapore. These threat actors who…
Metro Infectious Disease Consultants Notifies 171,740 Individuals of Privacy Incident
On June 24, 2021, Metro Infectious Disease Consultant (MIDC) learned that some individuals’ personal information could have been accessed when an unauthorized third party gained access to certain employees’ email accounts. MIDC has no reason to believe that anyone’s personal information has been misused for the purpose of committing fraud or identity theft or that…
Hackers Release Data Trove From Belarus in Bid to Overthrow Lukashenko Regime
Ryan Gallagher reports: Opponents of the Belarus government said they have pulled off an audacious hack that has compromised dozens of police and interior ministry databases as part of a broad effort to overthrow President Alexander Lukashenko’s regime. The Belarusian Cyber Partisans, as the hackers call themselves, have in recent weeks released portions of a huge data trove…
Hackers Could Increase Medication Doses Through Infusion Pump Flaws
Lily Hay Newman reports: From pacemakers and insulin pumps to mammography machines, ultrasounds, and monitors, a dizzying array of medical devices have been found to contain worrying security vulnerabilities. The latest addition to that ignoble lineup is a popular infusion pump and dock, the B. Braun Infusomat Space Large Volume Pump and B. Braun SpaceStation, that a determined hacker could manipulate to…