Tonya Riley reports: A new ransomware group claims to have breached 30 organizations in government, financial services, health care services, and energy firms in the United States, United Kingdom, and a dozen more countries, according to Palo Alto Networks research published Wednesday. The group, which Palo Alto researchers have dubbed “Prometheus,” most frequently targets the manufacturing industry….
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AZ: MCCCD release findings from cyber security breach investigation
ABC reports: The Maricopa County Community College District is releasing the findings from an investigation into a cyber security breach that happened earlier this year. In March, the college district announced that suspicious activity was found on their network which resulted in a system shutdown. […] A forensic investigation determined MCCCD likely identified and prevented…
Taiwan Kadokawa notifies consumers while responding to ransomware attack
Taiwan Kadokawa Co, is part of the Kadokawa corporation group of companies. On June 3, they discovered they had been attacked. In a subsequent press release of June 4 and statement, they explained what appears to be a ransomware attack (machine translation): Taiwan Kadokawa Co., Ltd. (Taipei City, Chairman: Taketo Iwasaki, hereinafter referred to as…
Trikbot Hacker Known as Max Is 55-Year-Old Woman From Russia, U.S. Says
Kartikay Mehrotra reports: Alla Witte’s plans for a new career as a computer programmer included helping clients make enough money to see the world, according to YouTube videos and social media posts. She was in her late 40s with a degree in applied mathematics and an itch to do computer programming. But there was a…
Ransomware Struck Another Pipeline Firm—and 70GB of Data Leaked
Andy Greenberg reports: When ransomware hackers hit Colonial Pipeline last month and shut off the distribution of gas along much of the East Coast of the United States, the world woke up to the danger of digital disruption of the petrochemical pipeline industry. Now it appears another pipeline-focused business was also hit by a ransomware crew around the same time,…
UK: Tunbridge Wells: Skinners’ Kent schools closed after data breach
BBC reports: Two schools in Kent have been closed after hackers stole data with encrypted information about pupils. The Skinners’ Kent Academy and Skinners’ Kent Primary School said their servers were broken into but they do not believe the hackers have access to student and staff personal records. But the two Tunbridge Wells schools admitted…