Christopher Bing and Karen Freifeld report: The U.S. government in recent months launched an operation to fight a pervasive Chinese hacking operation that successfully compromised thousands of internet-connected devices, according to two Western security officials and one person familiar with the matter. The Justice Department and Federal Bureau of Investigation sought and received legal authorization…
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SolarWinds Seeks Dismissal of ‘Unfounded’ SEC Cybersecurity Suit
Skye Witley reports: SolarWinds Corp. issued a full-throated denial of wrongdoing in how it handled one of the worst cyberattacks in history in a Friday court filing seeking the dismissal of US Securities and Exchange Commission allegations that its software security representations defrauded investors and violated rules on controls. SolarWinds argued that it disclosed risks…
23andMe’s data hack went unnoticed for months
23andMe may try to blame the victims for their massive data breach, but how are they going to blame anyone for it taking them five months to detect the breach? Mariella Moon reports: In late 2023, genetic testing company 23andMe admitted that its customer data was leaked online. A company representative told us back then that the bad…
HPE: Russian hackers breached its security team’s email accounts
Lawrence Abrams reports: Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) disclosed today that suspected Russian hackers known as Midnight Blizzard gained access to the company’s Microsoft Office 365 email environment to steal data from its cybersecurity team and other departments. Midnight Blizzard, aka Cozy Bear, APT29, and Nobelium, is a Russian state-sponsored hacking group believed to be part…
Au: St Vincent’s Health says there is ‘no evidence’ sensitive personal information was stolen by hackers in cyber attack
Bryant Hevesi reports: St Vincent’s Health has declared that no evidence has been uncovered that sensitive personal information was stolen by hackers last month. The healthcare provider, which operates 10 hospitals and 26 aged-care facilities across New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria, was left scrambling to identify what data had been accessed from its network…
$2.4 trillion securities platform owner hacked. EquiLend admits “unauthorised access”
Ed Targett reports: Financial technology company EquiLend – the owner of a NGT [Next Generation Trading], a platform that executes $2.4 trillion of securities transactions each month – has confirmed “unauthorized access to our systems” on January 22. The incident has disrupted some of its services, it confirmed. “We took immediate steps to secure our…