Sergiu Gatlan reports: Cloudflare disclosed today that its internal Atlassian server was breached by a suspected ‘nation state attacker’ who accessed its Confluence wiki, Jira bug database, and Bitbucket source code management system. The threat actor first gained access to Cloudflare’s self-hosted Atlassian server on November 14 and then accessed the company’s Confluence and Jira…
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FTC Order Will Require Blackbaud to Delete Unnecessary Data, Boost Safeguards to Settle Charges its Lax Security Practices Led to Data Breach
FTC says company’s poor security allowed hacker to steal sensitive data of millions of consumers, go undetected for months South Carolina-based Blackbaud Inc. will be required to delete personal data that it doesn’t need to retain as part of a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission over charges that the company’s lax security allowed a…
LockBit shows no remorse for ransomware attack on children’s hospital
Connor Jones reports: Ransomware gang LockBit is claiming responsibility for an attack on a Chicago children’s hospital in an apparent deviation from its previous policy of not targeting nonprofits. Stooping to new lows, the criminals are reportedly unwilling to reverse the attack on Saint Anthony Hospital, as they had done in previous cases such as…
GA: Students hack into Fulton County Schools IT systems, district says
Hope Dean reports: At least one student is believed to have hacked into some of Fulton County Schools’ information technology (IT) systems, the district announced Wednesday. The breach involved one or more students from FCS Innovation Academy, a STEM-focused magnet high school in Alpharetta. It is unknown what systems were accessed or if any data…
Ca: Global Affairs hit by cyberattack, shuts down computer systems to fix
Steven Chase reports: For the second time in two years, Canada’s Foreign Ministry has fallen victim to a cyberattack that has forced the government to shutter part of its computer systems. Global Affairs Canada announced Tuesday it has sealed off remote access to its network across the country. It revealed it took this drastic step…
Hackers obtain confidential information on Romanian officials after cyber attack at Parliament
Romania Insider reports: Hackers breached the database of the Romanian Chamber of Deputies, the lower house of the Parliament, after a recent cyber attack. They reportedly managed to obtain confidential information, such as the prime minister’s identity documents, medical analyses, and other personal data. The attack was reported after Digi24 discovered that a group of hackers was…