Caleb M. Soptelean, The Sanford Herald, N.C. reports: The Lee County Schools Board of Education has requested that the North Carolina Attorney General pursue legal action against PowerSchool over a nationwide data breach that occurred late last year. The school board voted unanimously to send a letter to the AG, which was requested by board…
Category: Hack
Maybe we should all file breach reports against Musk like Kevin did. (1)
The Washington Post reports: Agents of billionaire Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency have gained access to highly restricted government records on millions of federal employees — including Treasury and State Department officials in sensitive security positions — as part of a broader effort to wrest control over the government’s main personnel agency, according to…
Hackers target Taliban databases
Habib Mohammadi reports: A group of unidentified hackers has breached the Taliban’s databases, leaking documents from 21 ministries and government agencies, some of which appear to be classified, according to reports circulating online. The leaked files reportedly include documents from the Taliban-controlled ministries of finance, justice, foreign affairs, information and culture, telecommunications, and mining, as…
Dangerous hacker responsible for more than 40 cyberattacks on strategic organizations arrested (1)
Joint operation of the National Police and the Civil Guard press release: The suspect, who claimed responsibility for the intrusions into dark web forums, managed to access the computer services of public and private entities, including the Civil Guard, the Ministry of Defense, the National Mint and Stamp Factory, the Ministry of Education, Vocational Training…
Canadian Man Charged in $65M Cryptocurrency Hacking Schemes
A five-count criminal indictment was unsealed today in federal court in New York charging a Canadian man with exploiting vulnerabilities in two decentralized finance protocols to fraudulently obtain about $65 million from the protocols’ investors. According to court documents, from 2021 to 2023, Andean Medjedovic, 22, allegedly exploited vulnerabilities in the automated smart contracts used…
Delta County Memorial Hospital District reveals more about 2024 cyberattack that affected 148,363 people
Delta County Memorial Hospital District (Delta Health) in Colorado was the victim of a cyberattack at the end of May 2024. Whatever happened — and the details still haven’t been disclosed — resulted in the provider notifying HHS on July 29 that it had suffered a breach, but the number was not yet known. The…