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Operation ENDGAME strikes again: the ransomware kill chain broken at its source

Posted on May 23, 2025 by Dissent

From Europol: Cybercriminals around the world have suffered a major disruption after law enforcement and judicial authorities, coordinated by Europol and Eurojust, dismantled key infrastructure behind the malware used to launch ransomware attacks. From 19 to 22 May, authorities took down some 300 servers worldwide, neutralised 650 domains, and issued international arrest warrants against 20…

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Mysterious Database of 184 Million Records Exposes Vast Array of Login Credentials

Posted on May 23, 2025 by Dissent

Matt Burgess and Lily Hay Newman report: The possibility that data could be inadvertently exposed in a misconfigured or otherwise unsecured database is a longtime privacy nightmare that has been difficult to fully address. But the new discovery of a massive trove of 184 million records—including Apple, Facebook, and Google logins and credentials for accounts connected to multiple governments—underscores the risks…

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Mysterious hacking group Careto was run by the Spanish government, sources say

Posted on May 23, 2025 by Dissent

Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai reports: More than a decade ago, researchers at antivirus company Kaspersky identified suspicious internet traffic of what they thought was a known government-backed group, based on similar targeting and its phishing techniques. Soon, the researchers realized they had found a much more advanced hacking operation that was targeting the Cuban government, among others….

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Texas Doctor Who Falsely Diagnosed Patients as Part of Insurance Fraud Scheme Sentenced to 10 Years’ Imprisonment

Posted on May 22, 2025 by Dissent

How often have you read concerns that patient information can be used for fraudulent purposes or that patient records can be altered by wrongdoers?  Here’s a case where the wrongdoer is a doctor who altered patient records and inserted false diagnoses to defraud insurers — to the tune of over $118 million in false claims….

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Hack of Opexus Was at Root of Massive Federal Data Breach

Posted on May 22, 2025 by Dissent

This breach may not turn out to be the biggest insider breach of 2025, but it may well turn out to be one of the most impactful.  Jason Leopold reports: A software company that handles sensitive data for nearly every US federal agency was the victim of a cyber breach earlier this year due to…

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Massachusetts hacker to plead guilty to PowerSchool data breach (1)

Posted on May 20, 2025May 21, 2025 by Dissent

Nate Raymond reports: A Massachusetts man has agreed to plead guilty to hacking cloud-based education software provider PowerSchool and stealing data pertaining to millions of students and teachers that hackers used to extort the company and school districts into paying ransoms. Matthew Lane, 19, entered into a plea deal on Tuesday to resolve charges filed…

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