DataBreaches recently reported that researchers had discovered two courts had sealed filings and court records exposed, but the vendor responsible wasn’t responding to notifications. Despite months of trying to get a software vendor to respond to alerts that their clients’ files are exposed on the internet — including confidential and sealed court records — the…
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Ukrainian Conti Ransomware Suspect Extradited to US from Ireland
Waqas reports: A Ukrainian national accused of helping run one of the world’s most damaging ransomware operations, Conti, is now in US custody. After being extradited from Ireland, 43-year-old Oleksii Oleksiyovych Lytvynenko made his first court appearance in the Middle District of Tennessee to face charges tied to the Conti ransomware group. Prosecutors allege that…
US company with access to biggest telecom firms uncovers breach by nation-state hackers
A.J. Vicens reports: Hackers working for an unnamed nation-state breached networks at Ribbon Communications, a key U.S. telecommunications services company, and remained within the firm’s systems for nearly a year without being detected, a company spokesperson confirmed in a statement on Wednesday. Ribbon Communications, a Texas-based company that provides technology to facilitate voice and data…
Another plastic surgery practice fell prey to a cyberattack that acquired patient photos and info
Another plastic surgeon has become the victim of a cyberattack that involved patient information and photographs. On October 23, Michael R. Schwartz, MD, FACS, notified the California Attorney General’s Office that, on August 25, they became aware of remote, unauthorized access to one of their computers. Investigators found that an unauthorized party had accessed patient…
How a hacking gang held Italy’s political elites to ransom
Antoneta Roussi and Hannah Roberts report: Nothing about the sand-colored façade of the palazzo tucked behind Milan’s Duomo cathedral suggested that inside it a team of computer engineers were building a database to gather private and damaging information about Italy’s political elite — and use it to try to control them. The platform, called Beyond,…
UN Cybercrime Convention to be signed in Hanoi to tackle global offences
The Business Times reports: A landmark United Nations cybercrime treaty, aimed at tackling offences that cost the global economy trillions of dollars annually, is set to be signed in Vietnam’s capital Hanoi by around 60 countries over the weekend. The convention, which will take effect after it is ratified by 40 nations, is expected to…