December 10 – Today, Brooklyn Defender Services, a public defender organization representing clients in criminal, immigration, and family proceedings, announced that it has identified and addressed a data security incident. Brooklyn Defender Services recently discovered that an unauthorized person gained access to some of Brooklyn Defender Services’ employees’ email accounts. On September 13, 2020, Brooklyn Defender…
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Attacked by ransomware, Golden Gate Regional Center continues providing services to developmentally disabled clients
On September 29, DataBreaches.net sent an email to Golden Gate Regional Center (GGRC) asking about claims by Conti threat actors that they had encrypted GGRC’s system(s). As proof, the attackers had uploaded more than a dozen files. GGRC, a state- and federally-funded nonprofit organization serving individuals with developmental disabilities in Marin, San Francisco and San…
Archdiocese of St. Louis websites down after ransomware attack
The Archdiocese of St. Louis websites are down after a “coordinated ransomware campaign,” according to a statement from the Archdiocese. The Archdiocese was made aware of the attack on Nov. 16. Read more on St. Louis Post-Dispatch. h/t, @Chum1ng0
De: Ransomware attack at the GWG housing association
PresseBox reports (translated): As it became known yesterday, the Munich GWG housing association has been the victim of a ransomware attack. Much of the company’s IT systems and data is affected; even backup servers and other data backups were encrypted in the course of the attack. As always with such attacks, the hackers stated that they would…
Hackers sponsored by Russia and North Korea are targeting COVID-19 researchers
Dan Goodin reports: Hackers sponsored by the Russian and North Korean governments have been targeting companies directly involved in researching vaccines and treatments for COVID-19, and in some cases, the attacks have succeeded, Microsoft said on Friday. In all, there are seven prominent companies that have been targeted, Microsoft Corporate VP for Customer Security &…
Trump lawsuit site to report rejected votes leaked voter data
No one could have ever foreseen this happening because nobody ever knew how difficult web site security could be….. Ax Sharma reports: The DontTouchTheGreenButton.com website just launched by the Trump campaign in relation to the recently filed Arizona “rejected votes” lawsuit was discovered to be leaking voter data. The data included the voter name, address, and a unique…