Alexander Martin reports: Staff at The Guardian newspaper have been told not to come into the office and to work from home for the rest of the week due to a suspected ransomware attack which struck late on Tuesday. The attack has impacted a number of business services at the 200-year-old news organization, but not…
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AG secures settlement with graduation company after data breach
James Wesser reports: Attorney General Josh Shapiro announced on Friday, Dec. 16 a settlement with a graduation memorabilia company after a data security event discovered in April 2021 exposed Pennsylvanians’ private information. “Protecting Pennsylvanians’ personal information and financial data is a key priority of my office,” said AG Shapiro. “Every corporation that does business in…
LockBit 3.0: usurpers multiply and go upmarket
Valéry Rieß-Marchive reports (machine translation): A new impersonator of the LockBit 3.0 ransomware franchise has just been spotted. Like the one who attacked the André-Mignot hospital in Chesnay-Rocquencourt at the beginning of December, he does not offer a Web interface accessible via Tor to discuss with his victims and, if necessary, negotiate the requested ransom: the…
Ca: School board confirms hack; attacker sent note through photocopiers
James Hopkin reports: The Huron-Superior Catholic District School Board has confirmed that board officials received a note this morning — delivered through photocopiers at its main office and a number of schools — advising them that the board’s computer and phone systems had been hacked. Spokesperson Jim Fitzpatrick was tight-lipped this afternoon when asked by SooToday if…
A second group of threat actors has now leaked Kenosha USD data
Oh what a tangled web we weave…. Back in October, DataBreaches reported that Snatch Team had listed Kenosha Unified School District in Wisconsin on its dedicated leak site. By the end of the day, however, the listing had been removed without any data having been leaked. Then in November, REvil listed KUSD on their leak…
Cost of HSE cyberattack by Conti rises to €80m, letter shows
Jennifer Bray reports: The cost of the cyberattack on the Health Service Executive has risen to €80 million, according to new information. In a letter to Aontú leader Peadar Tóibín last Friday, HSE chief information officer Fran Thompson said that the costs came to more than €42 million in 2021 and to nearly €39 million…