Devlin Barrett reports: A key law enforcement computer network has been down for 10 weeks, the victim of a ransomware attack that has frustrated efforts by senior officials to get the system back up and running — raising concerns about how to secure critical crime-fighting operations. While the initial breach of a computer system within…
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HC3: Sector Alert Report: New Data Breaches from Cl0p and Lockbit Ransomware Groups
April 28, 2023 New Data Breaches from Cl0p and Lockbit Ransomware Groups Executive Summary Ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) groups Cl0p and Lockbit recently conducted several distinct attacks, exploiting three known vulnerabilities (CVE-2023-27351, CVE-2023-27350, and CVE-2023-0669). The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added the latter two vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog but has not yet…
Emmanuel College working to recover from attack that claims faculty and student data stolen
Emmanuel College in Boston appears to have become a victim of Avos Locker. The college was added to the threat actor’s leak site yesterday, with a note saying, “Oh no! 140GB student and staff confidential data exfiltrated. If you value protecting students, pay us instead of shutting down domains.” Although there is no notice on…
Waterloo Region District School Board retirees say they felt left in the dark after data compromised in cyberattack
Krista Simpson reports: This is part two of a two-part series. For a timeline of cyberattack and the wide-ranging impacts it had on Waterloo Region District School Board (WRDSB) operations, read part one here. In the wake of a cyberattack at the Waterloo Region District School Board (WRDSB) this past summer, some of the people impacted…
Two ransomware groups list Albany ENT & Allergy Services on their leak sites
On April 23, the BianLian ransomware group listed: A***** *** * ******* S******* BianLian often uses the asterisk system before they actually name the victim and leak data. Today, though, DataBreaches also saw the following on the RansomHouse leak site: Albany ENT & Allergy Services They’re both listing the same entity (even the listed revenues…
TUSD’s Cyber Shutdown: District will need help, and millions of dollars, to rebound from ransomware attack
Updated August 24, 2023: TUSD announced that 29,000 people may have been affected by this incident. Valerie Cavazos reports: The Tucson Unified School District was hobbled by a ransomware attack in late January. 13 News’ Valerie Cavazos has been reporting on the attack from the beginning to find out how it happened, why it happened…