Hannah Miller reports: Following a high-profile hack last week, crypto wallet-maker Ledger said it will cover the roughly $600,000 worth of assets lost by victims. The Paris-based startup’s Ledger Connect Kit software became compromised following a phishing attack on a former employee. The hacker published malicious code that redirected user funds to their own wallet during transactions…
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If at first you don’t succeed, screw it up again?
In mid-November, DataBreaches reported that AlphV threat actors had added MeridianLink to their leak site. When their victim wouldn’t pay them, AlphV (aka “BlackCat”) filed a complaint with the Securities & Exchange Commission alleging that MeridianLink failed to comply with the SEC’s new cybersecurity rule requiring notification within four days of discovering a material breach….
Troubling attacks on medical sector continue: cancer center’s data leaked, specialty infusion pharmacies locked?
Attacks on the medical sector continue. Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center This week, the group known as Hunters International claimed responsibility for an attack on the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center in Washington. Yesterday, they dumped data from an attack that allegedly included the exfiltration of 533.1 GB of files. Inspection of the tranche suggests that the…
Israel-linked group claims cyberattack that shuts down 70% of Iran’s gas stations
Times of Israel staff and Agencies report: A hacking group that has previously been linked to Israel claimed on Monday to have paralyzed gas stations across Iran in a cyberattack. The group known as “Gonjeshke Darande,” or “predatory sparrow,” said that it had disabled “a majority of the gas pumps throughout Iran.” “This cyberattack comes…
MongoDB says customer data was exposed in a cyberattack
Lawrence Abrams reports: MongoDB is warning that its corporate systems were breached and that customer data was exposed in a cyberattack that was detected by the company earlier this week. In emails sent to MongoDB customers from CISO Lena Smart, the company says they detected their systems were hacked on Wednesday evening (December 13th) and…
Update: Fred Hutch Cancer Center attack claimed by Hunters International
On December 8, DataBreaches reported that Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center had been the victim of a ransomware attack and that the then-unnamed threat actors were trying to extort patients directly. Today we learned that the threat actors are Hunters International, who listed the incident on their leak site. As of publication, they have not leaked…