Lee Johnstone reports: Earlier today a hacker using the handle @CyberZeist announced a breach on the Washington state government website. Today’s breach was announced on twitter and posted to pastebin [link removed by DataBreaches.net], and it contained 59 administrator accounts with user email addresses, encrypted passwords and salts. Read more on CyberWarNews.info.
Category: Hack
PowerDuke: Widespread Post-Election Spear Phishing Campaigns Targeting Think Tanks and NGOs
Steven Adair writes: In the wake of the 2016 United States Presidential Election, not even six hours after Donald Trump became the nation’s President-Elect, an advanced persistent threat (APT) group launched a series of coordinated and well-planned spear phishing campaigns. Volexity observed five different attack waves with a heavy focus on U.S.-based think tanks and…
DCLeaks was a conspiracy to get Trump elected, but wait until you hear these Russian hackers’ motivation!
Sometimes a story just lands in your lap that is so incredible that you can’t believe it, but it’s such a great story that you can’t just ignore it, either. Sometimes you wind up debunking it, sometimes you wind up confirming it, and sometimes, you take the story as far as you can and still…
Data Privacy Event Affects UFCW Local 655 Food Employers Joint Pension Plan
UFCW Local 655 Food Employers Joint Pension Plan is providing notice of a recent data event that may have affected the security of personal information relating to current and former UFCW Local 655 Food Employers Joint Pension Plan participants. On or around July 21, 2016, UFCW was the victim of a ransomware attack. UFCW immediately began…
Canadian casino says it was hacked, data was stolen (UPDATED)
Alastair Sharp reports: A major Canadian casino has been hit by a cyber attack in which sensitive customer, employee and vendor data was stolen, its management said on Thursday, warning there is a risk the information will be published. The Casino Rama Resort in Ontario said the hacker claimed to have stolen financial reports, patron…
IN: Madison County pays ransom on advice of insurer
Well, this is interesting: a media report says that a county’s insurer advised them to pay a ransomware demand. Ken de la Bastide reports: On the advice of their insurance company Madison County officials are moving forward to pay the ransom demands by a unknown group that attacked the county’s computer system. Madison County was…