On June 24, DataBreaches reported that the National Student Clearinghouse was one of the victims of the MOVEit breach by Clop, In that report, DataBreaches stated that the clearinghouse’s statements to date had not indicated whether they had paid any ransom demand, but DataBreaches had learned that their name had been removed from Clop’s leak…
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NYC schools disclose student and staff information affected by MOVEit breach; National Student Clearinghouse silent on question of extortion payment
Jessica Gould reports: The New York City Department of Education estimates that the personal data of some 45,000 students was compromised as part of a breach involving the file transfer software MOVEit. Officials said the compromised data includes social security numbers, birth dates and certain student evaluations, though the specific types of data breached varies…
Over 100,000 compromised ChatGPT accounts found for sale on dark web
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…
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…