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Details of Data Breach at MrExcel.com

Posted on January 16, 2017 by Dissent

Seen at MrExcel.com, a breach disclosure with some plain English writing and transparency. Although it’s not good if the hack occurred because vBulletin hadn’t been patched/updated, this disclosure is an example of clear and helpful writing.  1) What happened? This is Bill Jelen from MrExcel.com. On the morning of December 6, 2016, our moderators detected…

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Hackers infiltrate Indian govt-owned bank systems to create fake trade docs

Posted on January 15, 2017 by Dissent

Sugata Ghosh & Sangita Mehta report: Indian banks are waking up to a new kind of cyber attack. Hackers recently infiltrated the systems of three government-owned banks -two head headquartered in Mumbai and one in Kolkata -to create fake trade documents that may have been used to raise finance abroad or facilitate dealings in banned items. The banks…

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IN: Little Red Door Cancer Services of East Central Indiana hacked by TheDarkOverlord (CORRECTED AND UPDATED)

Posted on January 15, 2017 by Dissent

CORRECTION: On January 17, DataBreaches.net learned that although this site accurately reported on statements made by Aimee Fant, Executive Director of Little Red Door Cancer Services of East Central Indiana (LRD) in an internal email to those involved in addressing a hack by TheDarkOverlord, the director’s statements to her staff and colleagues allegedly contained errors or somewhat misleading explanations….

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MA: Dracut schools employee data hacked after employee falls for phishing attempt

Posted on January 15, 2017 by Dissent

Employees of Dracut Public Schools in Massachusetts weren’t as fortunate as those at Kanawha County Schools in West Virginia. Rick Sobey and Todd Feathers report that current and former employees’ personal information, including SSN, was acquired by a hacker after an employee fell for what the district describes as a “sophisticated phishing scheme.” They did not report…

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WV: Internal documents restored after ransomware hack on school district

Posted on January 15, 2017 by Dissent

WSAZ reports that Kanawha County Schools tell them their internal documents have been restored after a ransomware hack that occurred Wednesday evening. No personal information was reportedly accessed in the attack, and it appears that the school district did not pay any ransom. There’s no indication as yet as to how the attacker was able to inject the…

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Japan gropes for cyberattack solution as victims suffer in silence

Posted on January 15, 2017 by Dissent

Ayako Mie reports: Last November, chilling news made headlines nationwide — the internal communications network of the Defense Ministry and Self-Defense Forces had been hacked in September, possibly by another nation. According to Kyodo News, the Defense Information Infrastructure, the high-speed, high-capacity communications network linking SDF bases and camps, was compromised. Following the report, Defense…

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