Lawrence Abrams reports on a new “press release” from the Maze ransomware operators. The release was posted yesterday and claims that the Maze Team had successfully attacked Banco BCR, the state-owned bank of Costa Rico in August, 2019 The attackers claim that the bank never complied with its obligations to notify other banks and regulators….
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“Government” hackers cracked the mail of dignitaries of Estonia
The following is a Google translation of a story that appears on securitylab.ru: For hacking, it was enough for the victim to open a malicious email; no other action was required on her part. Government-sponsored hackers exploited the zero-day vulnerability in the Estonian email service Mail.ee and hacked the accounts of a number of dignitaries….
Tom Tugendhat, MP for Tonbridge and Malling says he has been hacked
Katie Heslop reports: An MP and vocal critic of the Chinese government has claimed a “pretty sophisticated” hacker is trying to impersonate him. In a tweet yesterday, Tom Tugendhat, MP for Tonbridge and Malling, said: “If you receive an email claiming to be from me – please check and do NOT open attachments unless you’re sure. A pretty…
(Updated) Thousands of employees at risk of identity theft, tax refund fraud after hack of e-payroll vendor
Attacks on businesses to obtain employee W-2 and tax reporting information are nothing new. And with more people delaying filing their tax returns this year, criminals have even more time to try to misuse any stolen data for tax refund fraud. On February 19, PaperlessPay Corporation in Jacksonville, Florida was contacted by the Department of…
Chegg notifying employees of recent hack
While Chegg may have won one round in litigation stemming from their massive 2018 data breach, they may have another problem brewing. On April 10, Chegg learned that on or about April 9, 2020, an outside hacker may have illegally obtained employee information for approximately 700 current and former U.S. Chegg employees. The personal information…
Citigroup gets computer fraud claim tossed in email hack case
Sara Merken reports: A federal judge in Washington, D.C. has tossed a claim by a small law firm accusing Citigroup Inc of aiding and abetting a hacker who posed as its managing partner and stole a $60,000 payment that should have gone to the firm in violation of a federal computer fraud law. Read more…