Tampa, Florida – United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg, along with Special Agent in Charge Darrell Waldon for the IRS – Criminal Investigation Washington D.C. Field Office, and Special Agent in Charge David Walker for the FBI – Tampa Division, today announced the seizure of the SSNDOB Marketplace, a series of websites that operated for…
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Pysa shuttered its leak site before it ever dumped data from more than half a dozen schools. Here’s what we know so far.
The education sector has always been a relatively easy target for cybercriminals. One group in particular — Pysa — earned a reputation for its ransomware attacks on schools. Despite analyses and alerts in March, 2021 by threat intel firms and the U.S. government indicating that Pysa was a major threat to the education sector in…
CISA Alert (AA22-152A): Karakurt Data Extortion Group
Summary The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Department of the Treasury (Treasury), and the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) are releasing this joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) to provide information on the Karakurt data extortion group, also known as the Karakurt Team and Karakurt Lair. Karakurt actors have…
WeLeakInfo.to and Related Domain Names Seized
WASHINGTON – The FBI and the U.S. Department of Justice announced today that they have seized the internet domain name weleakinfo.to and two related domain names, ipstress.in and ovh-booter.com, following an international investigation into websites allowing users to buy access to stolen personal information or to perform attacks on victim networks. The announcement was made…
FBI thwarts cyberthreat against Boston Children’s Hospital by hackers sponsored by Iranian government
WCVB reports: Hackers sponsored by the Iranian government tried to get into the computer systems of Boston Children’s Hospital last year; however, they were stopped with the help of the Boston Division of the FBI, officials announced Wednesday. […] In the summer of 2021, the FBI said officials received a report from another intelligence agency…
Data breach class actions: Southern District of New York dismisses action against health care providers for lack of standing
James Bogan III of Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP writes: Takeaway: In a prior article, we reported on the Second Circuit’s decision in McMorris v. Carlos Lopez & Associates, LLC, 995 F.3d 295 (2d Cir. 2021), in which the court, ruling on an issue of first impression, set out a non-exhaustive three-factor test for determining…