Kate Hanniford writes: The SEC has settled an enforcement action against a large title insurer in connection with public statements and disclosures made by the company in May 2019 relating to a data security incident. The underlying data security incident was the subject of the first set of charges brought by the New York Division of Financial…
Category: Of Note
Santa Cruz ‘homeless hacker’ known as “Commander X” extradited from Mexico on decade-old case
Jessica A. York reports: Former Santa Cruz homeless activist “Commander X” has been deported from Mexico to face more than decade-old allegations of maliciously hacking into the county’s computer system. el file) Christopher Doyon, 56, appeared Monday before Magistrate Judge Donna Ryu in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California to face indictment…
Avaddon ransomware shuts down and releases decryption keys
Lawrence Abrams reports: The Avaddon ransomware gang has shut down operation and released the decryption keys for their victims to BleepingComputer.com. This morning, BleepingComputer received an anonymous tip pretending to be from the FBI that contained a password and a link to a password-protected ZIP file. […] In total, the threat actors sent us 2,934 decryption…
Arizona Asthma and Allergy Institute Provides Notice of Maze Attack in 2020
An incident initially reported to HHS on May 3 has been updated to 70,372 patients from the initial report of 50,000. The following is the entity’s notice on their web site, and after you read it, I’ll meet you on the other side to explain it more, because they only discovered the breach when DataBreaches.net…
In: Health Ministry Refutes CoWIN Data Leak Claim, Initiates Investigation
Archis Chowdhury reports: The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare refuted the claims around a breach in vaccination data of over 150 million individuals from the CoWIN portal, and termed such claims to be prima facie fake, in a statement issued on Thursday. It also stated that the matter is being further investigated by the…
The Ruthless Cyber Gang Behind the Hospital Ransomware Crisis
Kevin Poulsen and Melanie Evans report on Ryuk threat actors: A ransomware attack on a national hospital chain nearly brought Las Vegas hospitals to their knees. Another attack in Oregon abruptly shut down alerts tied to patient monitors tracking vital signs. In New York, one county’s only trauma center briefly closed to ambulances, with the…