David Hollingworth reports: The Australian Cancer Research Foundation (ACRF) sent an email to its donors late on Friday afternoon, 30 August, warning them of a “data security incident”. According to the email, shared with Cyber Daily by an ACRF donor, a malicious actor was able to access the charity’s network via a compromised email account….
Category: Miscellaneous
American Radio Relay League paid $1 million ransom payment
ARRL is the national association for Amateur Radio in the US. Founded in 1914 by Hiram Percy Maxim as The American Radio Relay League, ARRL is a noncommercial organization of radio amateurs. ARRL numbers within its ranks the vast majority of active radio amateurs in the nation and has a proud history of achievement as the standard-bearer in amateur affairs. ARRL’s…
Reward for Information: Belarusian National Volodymyr Kadariya
REWARD FOR INFORMATION: BELARUSIAN NATIONAL VOLODYMYR KADARIYA REWARD OF UP TO $2.5 MILLION [Wanted poster in English-508 compliant] [200 KB] [Wanted poster in Belarusian] [240 KB] [Wanted poster in Russian] [240 KB] [Wanted poster in Spanish] [244 KB] NAME: Volodymyr Kadariya ALIASES: Vladimir Kadaria, Volodymyr Kadariya, Владимир Кадария, Andrii Kovalov DOB: 2 March 1986 POB: Belarus NATIONALITY: Belarusian CITIZENSHIP: Belarusian HEIGHT: 5’8” WEIGHT: 200 lbs HAIR…
About a post deletion yesterday
Yesterday, DataBreaches posted an update to a situation involving the threat actor known as “USDoD.” The update was based on a screencapped interaction he reportedly had with a third party that he asked the third party to forward to me. I interpreted his interaction and message to mean that he would not be turning hismelf…
Trump campaign reckons with alleged Iranian hack
Shelby Talcott and Ben Smith report: Donald Trump’s campaign says it has been hacked, with some internal communications stolen and leaked to Politico over the last month. The Trump campaign blamed Iran for the hack, and referred to a Microsoft report published Friday that hackers tied to the Iranian government had tried to break into the account…
Cyberattack disrupts 911 service
Dakota Morrissiey reports: A reported cyberattack disrupted 9-1-1 service at dispatch centers in the Highland Lakes and across Central Texas for over five hours on Sunday, Aug. 4. Emergency calls were rerouted during the incident and full service restored by Sunday evening. Marble Falls, Burnet County, and Llano County dispatch centers were among those impacted…