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Court records were lost in debilitating Vanuatu cyber attack

Posted on January 25, 2023 by Dissent

There’s another update to the crippling ransomware attack the archipelago of Vanuatu suffered months ago. RNZ reports: The Vanuatu Chief Justice has confirmed that court records were lost in the ransomware attack on government agency computer systems late last year. Vincent Lunabek said the courts were able to save some offline data concerning the registration…

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Puma investigates claims of leaking more than 230k customers’ data (updated)

Posted on January 24, 2023 by Dissent

Paulina Okunytė reports: Private data allegedly belonging to more than 230,000 Puma customers in Chile has been found on a hacker forum. A threat actor has listed an 84MB-strong dataset for sale that allegedly belongs to the multinational sportswear manufacturer. The cybercriminal or criminals behind the dataset listing claim that it is from Puma’s Chilean…

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Impact of ransomware on healthcare: what’s confirmed and what’s just speculative?

Posted on January 22, 2023 by Dissent

Sunday musings….. What impact do ransomware attacks have on delivering healthcare services to patients? Some claims have been made, but are the claims supported by any objective data, or are people just guessing what the impact has been or could be? In this week’s news, a hospital in Illinois announced it will be temporarily closing…

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BlackCat adds NextGen to its leak site, but …. where did it go?

Posted on January 21, 2023 by Dissent

On January 17, BlackCat (aka ALPHV) added NextGen to their leak site. On January 19, DataBreaches sent an email inquiry to NextGen asking when they were attacked, whether files had been encrypted, and whether any employee data or patient data had been accessed or exfiltrated. NextGen responded promptly and then sent the following statement: NextGen…

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LAUSD says Vice Society ransomware gang stole contractors’ SSNs

Posted on January 21, 2023 by Dissent

Sergiu Gatlan reports: Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), the second-largest school district in the United States, says the Vice Society ransomware gang has stolen files containing contractors’ personal information, including Social Security Numbers (SSNs). LAUSD also revealed that the threat actors were active in its network for over two months, between July 31, 2022,…

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Ransomware Revenue Falls by 40% as Majority of Victims Refuse to Pay

Posted on January 20, 2023 by Dissent

Abdul Karim Abdulwahab reports: The illegal revenue accruing to crypto criminals from ransomware exploits declined in 2022 as more victims refused to pay, according to recent data published by market intelligence firm, Chainalysis. The report noted that Ransomware attackers could only extort $456 million from victims in 2022 after stealing nearly twice that value in…

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