Sheera Frenkel reports: Russian hackers used emails disguised to look as Gmail security updates to hack into the computers of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) and members of Hillary Clinton’s top campaign staff, according to a report by the SecureWorks cybersecurity company. The emails, which were sent to DNC and Clinton staff from March 10, appeared almost…
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AU: Attackers exploiting CBA health fund data breach
Allie Coyne reports: The not-for-profit health fund that services Commonwealth Bank staff is warning customers not to click on dodgy emails after attackers stole customer data from one of its third-party partners. CBHS was established in 1951 by the Commonwealth Bank as a health fund for the bank’s staff. It later separated from CBA and opened up its…
KS: Hutchinson Community Foundation reports ransomware incident
The Hutchinson Community Foundation is making donors, vendors and other stakeholders aware of a data breach that might have compromised personal and financial information. […] The breach came to the Community Foundation staff’s attention Sept. 19, when ransomware was discovered on the foundation’s network server. Ransomware encrypts files until a “ransom” is paid. Fortunately, the…
‘Bohrileaks’: Massive data leak hits Bohri Muslims ahead of Moharram
Gaurav Sarkar reports: Ahead of Moharram, a website named ‘Bohrileaks’ has released the Ashara attendance records of Bohri Muslims around the globe—including names, cell phones numbers—in what it claims is an effort to expose how poorly guarded the community’s personal data is. The Dawoodi Bohra Fatemi dawat, the trust that governs the community and has…
Habitat for Humanity Colorado discloses severely handicapping data breach
From HFHC: For the past several months, HFHC has been dealing with a significant and malicious data breach which has severely handicapped our ability to efficiently conduct business and has hijacked our attention for the last several months. The tech company we are now working with states in its letter of findings that “In 17…
UK man charged under Computer Misuse Act over US crime
Okay, I missed one where an arrest in the UK is allegedly linked to a breach in the U.S. On September 2, the Thames Valley Police announced: SEROCU’s Cyber Crime Unit has arrested a man in connection with computer misuse and fraud offences. A 37-year-old man from Reading was arrested yesterday (1/9) on suspicion of unauthorised…