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“Sébastien had a large rock threatening to fall on his head” — Paul Raoult, on his son’s plea deal

Posted on October 4, 2023 by Dissent

On September 27, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that Sébastien Raoult (aka “Sezyo Kaizen”),  a 22-year-old French national who had been extradited to the U.S., pleaded guilty to two of nine counts alleging fraud and aggravated identity theft. DataBreaches had been covering his case since he was detained in Morocco on a red notice…

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Flagler School District Loses ‘Significant Amount of Money’ in Apparent Phishing Scheme Involving Vendor

Posted on October 4, 2023 by Dissent

FlagerLive reports: The Flagler County school district was the target of electronic fraud involving what Flagler County Sheriff Rick Staly described as a “pretty significant amount of money,” in a scheme having all the makings of phishing–a common method by fraudsters of impersonating familiar contacts either to induce a swindle or to make the recipient…

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French national pleads guilty to fraud and aggravated identity theft

Posted on October 1, 2023 by Dissent

Past coverage on DataBreaches about Sebastien Raoult can be found linked from “Raoult.” Since he was first detained in 2022, both he and everyone involved in ShinyHunters have denied that he was ever part of that group, yet DOJ seems to have gotten him to plea to a conspiracy count involving ShinyHunters.  From the plea…

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Broomfield Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center settles breach-related charges with Colorado Attorney General

Posted on September 26, 2023 by Dissent

Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser recently announced a settlement with Broomfield Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, LLC stemming from a 2021 data breach. The following is the state’s press release: Sept. 22, 2023 (DENVER) – Attorney General Phil Weiser announced today a settlement with Broomfield Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, LLC., for failing to protect the personal…

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New AtlasCross hackers use American Red Cross as phishing lure

Posted on September 26, 2023 by Dissent

It seems we are finding out about new groups on a daily basis recently.  Now Bill Toulas reports on another one: A new APT hacking group named ‘AtlasCross’ targets organizations with phishing lures impersonating the American Red Cross to deliver backdoor malware. Cybersecurity firm NSFocus identified two previously undocumented trojans, DangerAds and AtlasAgent, associated with…

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Facebook Messenger phishing wave targets 100K business accounts per week

Posted on September 12, 2023 by Dissent

Bill Toulas reports: Hackers use a massive network of fake and compromised Facebook accounts to send out millions of Messenger phishing messages to target Facebook business accounts with password-stealing malware. The attackers trick the targets into downloading a RAR/ZIP archive containing a downloader for an evasive Python-based stealer that grabs cookies and passwords stored in…

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