Laura Dobberstein reports: Singapore-based threat intelligence outfit Group-IB has found ChatGPT credentials in more than 100,000 stealer logs traded on the dark web in the past year. The amount of stolen accounts steadily climbed from 74 in June 2022 to 26,902 in May 2023. April 2023 was an outlier – a moderate decline was seen…
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Court unseals long-awaited election security reports
Analysis by Tim Starks with research by David DiMolfetta: A long-awaited report on the cybersecurity vulnerabilities of election machines in Georgia was finally released alongside another report on Wednesday, but the two sides of a long-running dispute over the security of the state’s election machines can’t agree on what conclusions to draw. The first report — by University…
Canopy Children’s Solutions continues to investigate ransomware attack in April
In early May, a new group of threat actors known as Nokoyawa added Canopy Children’s Solutions in Mississippi to their leak site. On June 2, Mississippi Children’s Home Society, CARES Center, Inc., Mississippi Children’s Home Services, Inc., d.b.a. Canopy Children’s Solutions (“Canopy”) a press release acknowledging that on April 4, they experienced an attack that…
Insurance Information Bureau Of India Hit by Ransomware Attack: Hackers Demand $250,000 As Ransom
Sharad Natani reports: In a shocking turn of events, the Insurance Information Bureau of India (IIB) fell victim to a ransomware attack on April 2, 2023. The attack left nearly 30 server systems encrypted, rendering the agency’s data inaccessible. Initially, IIB officials chose to keep the attack under wraps. However, as the severity of the…
Attempted cyber attack responsible for 3-week Newport News library computer outage
Josh Janney reports: A failed cybersecurity attack is responsible for Newport News Public Library branch computers being out of operation the past three weeks. Public computers and printing, faxing and scan-to-email services have all been unavailable since April 25. Library patrons who tried to use public computers at library branches were greeted with signs taped over the…
Amnesty International Australia Suffered a Data Breach in December, but Says Everything is Now Fine
Asha Barbaschow reports: On late Friday, Amnesty International Australia sent an email to supporters informing them their data may be at risk due to “anomalous activity” detected in its IT environment. While the email went out very late in the day/week, it also went out a very long time after the activity was found. The email, sighted by Gizmodo…