Danny Palmer reports: A hacking and cyber espionage operation is going after victims around the world in a widespread campaign designed to snoop on targets and steal information. Identified victims of the cyber attacks include organisations in government, law, religious groups, non-governmental organisations (NGOs), the pharmaceutical sector and telecommunications. Multiple countries have been targeted, including…
Category: Of Note
Audit of the Connecticut Health Insurance Exchange Uncovers 44 Unreported Data Breaches
HIPAA Journal reports: An audit of Connecticut’s Health Insurance Exchange, Access Health CT, by the state auditor has revealed Access Health CT suffered 44 data breaches over the last 3.5 years that had not been fully reported and that sufficient steps had not been taken to safeguard sensitive data. The Connecticut Health Insurance Exchange acts…
Justice Department Investigation Leads to Shutdown of the Hydra Darknet Marketplace
The Justice Department announced today the seizure of Hydra Market (Hydra), the world’s largest and longest-running darknet market. In 2021, Hydra accounted for an estimated 80% of all darknet market-related cryptocurrency transactions, and since 2015, the marketplace has received approximately $5.2 billion in cryptocurrency. The seizure of the Hydra servers and cryptocurrency wallets containing $25…
Germany closes Russian darknet market Hydra
DW reports: Federal police say they have shut down the German servers for the darknet hub, which saw its sales skyrocket during the pandemic. Investigators said on Tuesday that they had shut down the German servers for Hydra, a Russian darknet marketplace that was used to sell drugs, forged documents, intercepted data, and other illegal digital services….
Food Delivery Leak Unmasks Russian Security Agents
Russian tech giant Yandex has blamed one of its employees for the hacking and subsequent leak of data from Yandex Food, a popular food delivery service in Russia. Aric Toler reports: Among the many users affected are serving agents of Russia’s security services and military, who in several cases even ordered food to their places of…
An Interview with AgainstTheWest
They are anonymous, but they are not Anonymous. Meet the individuals who are using their skills to take on the West’s enemies. Names can be misleading. When I first read about a group called “AgainstTheWest,” I assumed they were working against the west. But while threat actors from Russia, China, Belarus, and North Korea attack…