Jurgita Lapienytė reports: Killer Instinct, a company that trades high-tech modern adaptations of the archaic long-range weapon, has disclosed a data breach affecting over 800 users. The company filed a notification with the Maine Attorney General’s Office, saying threat actors obtained users’ financial account or credit/debit card numbers in combination with security, access code, password…
Category: Hack
Reports continue to emerge from Community Health Systems entities affected by Fortra/GoAnywhere breach
The number of entities disclosing that they were affected by the Fortra/GoAnywhere breach continues to mount. Because a number of entities are part of CHSPSC, LLC (“CHSPSC”) DataBreaches wants to make readers aware of two notices: Community Health System’s security incident notice. and A map of CHSPSC locations so you can look at your state…
HIPAA Data Breach Costs Company Nearly $300,000 In DOJ False Claims Act Settlement
Stacy L. Cook and Iqra Mushtaq of Barnes & Thornburg LLP write: On March 14, 2023, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the settlement of a case involving alleged violations of the False Claims Act (FCA) as a result of cybersecurity failures and breach of HIPAA-protected health information. Obtained under the Civil Cyber-Fraud Initiative, this settlement emphasizes…
Ukrainian Hackers Spend $25,000 of Russian Funds on Sex Toys
“The Filthy American” writes: The Ukrainian hacking collective, Cyber Resistance announced yesterday that it successfully hacked into the AliExpress account of pro-Russian mil blogger Mikhail Luchin. The blogger, who runs the “Misha From Donbas” Telegram channel, apparently had a significant amount of funds he had raised to purchase drones for Russian troops. Now, what exactly…
Are you a “Lucky Winner” from Equifax?
Earlier today, vx-underground reported that a hoax email was being sent from Equifax with the subject line “Free Pompompurin.” An unknown individual has compromised the email system for Equifax. They have sent out an email with the subject matter as “Free Pompompurin”. Image 1. email extended header information Image 2. email itself pic.twitter.com/mlrO99uVdl — vx-underground…
Bits ‘n Pieces (Trozos y Piezas)
ES: Secondary education center hit by Stormous After several months out of the public eye, the pro-Russian Stormous Ransomware group reappeared in February. Now they have claimed an attack on a secondary education center, the Instituto De Educación Secundaria Ies Emilio Canalejo Olmeda (IESCO) in Cordoba, Spain. On March 30, Stormous listed the entity in…