It reportedly was not a ransomware attack, but MoneyGram has now confirmed it did lose sensitive customer data in the recent cyberattack against its business. Sead Fadilpašić reports: In a data breach notification letter sent to affected customers and published on the company’s website, hackers were able to access MoneyGram’s networks for two days, between…
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School districts in Illinois, Louisiana, and Texas all recently reported breaches
School districts in Illinois, Louisiana, and Texas have all recently reported data security incidents. One involved insider wrongdoing, while the other two appear to be external incidents. In Illinois, Sydney Sinks reports: A recent data breach in Bethalto Community Unit School District #8 targeted Superintendent Dr. Jill Griffin, according to the school district. On Oct….
MoneyGram: No evidence ransomware is behind recent cyberattack
Lawrence Abrams reports: Payment platform MoneyGram says there is no evidence that ransomware is behind a recent cyberattack that led to a five-day outage in September. MoneyGram is an American payment and money transfer platform that allows people to send and receive money through an extensive network of 350,000 physical locations in 200 countries or via…
Justice Department Disrupts Russian Intelligence Spear-Phishing Efforts
WASHINGTON – The Justice Department announced today the unsealing of a warrant authorizing the seizure of 41 internet domains used by Russian intelligence agents and their proxies to commit computer fraud and abuse in the United States. As an example of the Department’s commitment to public-private operational collaboration to disrupt such adversaries’ malicious cyber activities,…
Indiana Man Pleads Guilty to Conspiracies Involving Cyber Intrusion and $37 Million Cryptocurrency Theft
SIOUX FALLS – United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced that Evan Frederick Light, age 21, of Lebanon, Indiana, appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Veronica Duffy on September 30, 2024, and pleaded guilty to an Indictment that charged him with Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud and Conspiracy to Launder Monetary Instruments. The maximum penalty for each…
Barbados Revenue Authority files listed for sale by threat actors (1)
Records from the Barbados Revenue Authority such as property tax records and vehicle owner’s registration records are being offered for sale, but is the government even aware that personal information has been acquired and is at risk of misuse? According to a post on a well-established Russian-language forum, there are 230GB of uncompressed data that…