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Boston University and Feds Investigating Hacking of Framingham Heart Study Data

Posted on December 15, 2024 by Dissent

Molly Callahan reports: Boston University’s renowned Framingham Heart Study (FHS) was breached by hackers, who gained access to the data of participants—both living and deceased—of the country’s longest running, multigenerational heart study. BU officials say the hackers gained access to the study’s server, but that information technology specialists from BU and FHS were able to…

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Rhode Island Residents’ Data Breached in Large Cyberattack; Data May Be Leaked Soon

Posted on December 14, 2024December 14, 2024 by Dissent

Aimee Ortiz reports: The personal and private information of possibly hundreds of thousands of people who applied for government assistance in Rhode Island could be in the hands of hackers after a huge cyberattack, state officials said on Friday. The cybercriminals said to be behind the attack threatened to release the data unless they received…

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Hackers take a bite out of Krispy Kreme

Posted on December 11, 2024 by Dissent

Jonathan Wheatley reports: Krispy Kreme said a cyber security attack has disrupted its online operations in the part of the US, as the doughnut maker warned it would have a material impact on its business. The US company said on Wednesday that it had been notified on November 29 of “unauthorised activity” in part of…

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Hackers are exploiting a flaw in popular file-transfer tools to launch mass hacks, again

Posted on December 10, 2024 by Dissent

Carly Page reports: Security researchers are warning that hackers are actively exploiting another high-risk vulnerability in a popular file transfer technology to launch mass hacks. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-50623, affects software developed by Illinois-based enterprise software company Cleo, according to researchers at cybersecurity company Huntress. The flaw was first disclosed by Cleo in a security…

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Cyberwar: Hackers tried to attack UA defense enterprises; UA hits Gazprombank with DDoS

Posted on December 9, 2024 by Dissent

State Special Communications / Yelyzaveta Kovtun reports: Hacker group UAC-0185 attempted to attack Ukrainian defense enterprises, as well as the Security and Defense Forces. Hackers used phishing emails for this. As reported in the State Intelligence Service, the hackers disguised their letters as official messages on behalf of the Ukrainian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs….

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Is KillSec3 Trying to Extort Victims Using Publicly Leaked Data?

Posted on December 8, 2024December 10, 2024 by Dissent

KillSec3 is a ransomware group, but is it really encrypting its victims these days? Recent data suggests that its affiliate(s) may be trying to extort victims using data that has already been publicly leaked. The following was researched and written by Dissent Doe, JayeLTee, and a third researcher who prefers to remain in the shadows….

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