Scott Travis reports: When the Broward School District learned that hackers may have accessed the personal data of thousands of people from district servers, its response was to hide and delay. The district took extraordinary steps to keep the public, including 50,000 potential victims, from learning about ransomware attacks that took place from November 2020 to March…
Category: Malware
Grand Junction man negotiates with ransomware ‘bad guys’
Tom Hesse reports: Eastern Europe can be perilous if you have the kind of job Kurtis Minder has. It’s a line of work featuring regular correspondence with the FBI and familiarity with the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Asset Control Sanctions list. Minder operates in the sprawling world of cybersecurity, drawing interest for his…
Allen ISD cybersecurity update: personal information of more than 500 employees hacked in September 2021
Jay Wallis provides an update on the Allen ISD ransomware incident first reported by the district in September. Part of the district’s newly revealed findings: According to the investigation, there is no evidence that any unauthorized user got into Allen ISD’s databases, including the Student Information and Financial databases. District officials said they determined that…
QRS Data Breach Exposed Psych Care Consultants Patient Information – Class Action Allegations
DataBreaches.net does not report on most potential class action lawsuits because many of them will not survive motions to dismiss. This case, however, is a bit more interesting to me because it involves sensitive mental health data, ransomware, leaked data, and claims about inadequate monitoring of a business associate. The case is K.L. v. Psych…
Iranian hackers behind biggest ransomware attacks of 2021: Report
Shouvik Das reports: Iranian hackers used ransomware tools the most in 2021 to steal data and blackmail users and companies, while hackers from China were the biggest exploiters of software vulnerabilities around the world in the same period, reveals a new report from cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike. Iran-based hacker groups, according to the report released on…
AZ: La Posada notifies current and former employees of malware incident
From their press release: La Posada is providing notice of a recent incident that may affect the security of some information pertaining to current and former employees. The confidentiality, privacy, and security of information in La Posada’s care is one of its highest priorities and La Posada takes this incident very seriously. What Happened? On December 10, 2021,…