Lawrence Abrams reports: The REvil ransomware operation announced this week that they are using DDoS attacks and voice calls to journalists and victim’s business partners to generate ransom payments. Read more on BleepingComputer.
Category: Hack
American Armed Forces Mutual Aid Association hack impacted more than 161,000
The American Armed Forces Mutual Aid Association, a non-profit organization in Virginia that provides insurance and benefits services to the military community, is notifying 161,621 individuals of a hacking incident. On January 29, AAFMAA became aware of suspicious activity on its system. Their investigation revealed that an unauthorized party had first gained access to certain…
At Least 30,000 U.S. Organizations Newly Hacked Via Holes in Microsoft’s Email Software
Brian Krebs reports: At least 30,000 organizations across the United States — including a significant number of small businesses, towns, cities and local governments — have over the past few days been hacked by an unusually aggressive Chinese cyber espionage unit that’s focused on stealing email from victim organizations, multiple sources tell KrebsOnSecurity. The espionage…
Idaho man charged with hacking into the computers of the City of Newnan and metro-Atlanta medical clinics
It appears that law enforcement has caught up with “Lifelock.” DataBreaches.net had reported exclusively on “Lifelock” back in April of 2018, and then again in June and July of 2018. At the time, I pointed out some of the striking similarities between “Lifelock” and “thedarkoverlord” (or the one I refer to as the first spokesperson…
PA: Delco School District Missing ‘Millions,’ Suggests Hackers Took It
NBC10 reports: A law enforcement investigation is underway Friday after a school district reported it was missing an expected multimillion-dollar payment from the state, and a district official speculated it was due to hackers. The receiver of the Chester Upland School District, Juan Baughn, told the Philadelphia Inquirer Thursday that “millions” were lost due to a “cyber…
TX: Elara Caring notifies more than 100,000 patients after corporate email accounts hacked
Elara Caring, a provider of home-based care, suffered a data security breach that they learned about in mid-December. Last month, they started notifying more than 100,400 patients. A notice on their web site explains that a number of corporate email accounts had been compromised — accounts that contained both employee and patient information. Elara Caring…