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Baltimore schools cyber attack cost nearly $10M: State IG

Posted on January 26, 2023 by Dissent

ABC News reports: Baltimore County Public Schools failed to act on several state recommendations to help mitigate cyber attacks before a hack disrupted school operations and cost the school system millions of dollars in damages and repairs, according to a report from a state inspector general. BCPS was hacked using a phishing email in November 2020 —…

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NCSC: Russian and Iranian hackers targeting UK politicians, journalists

Posted on January 26, 2023 by Dissent

John Leonard reports: NCSC, the cyber security arm of GCHQ, has issued an advisory warning about the targeting of media and political organisations by hackers from Russia and Iran. The groups mentioned, SEABORGIUM from Russia and TA453 (alias APT42 and Charming Kitten) from Iran, are believed to be associated with the governments of those countries….

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Australian man given two-year jail sentence for $69K phishing scams

Posted on January 25, 2023 by Dissent

Eileen Yu reports: An Australian man has been sentenced to jail for more than two years over an SMS phishing scam, during which he stole AU$100,000 ($69,751) and targeted 450 victims. The Sydney Local Court found the man guilty of various cybercrime offences, including obtaining and supplying data with intent to commit a computer offence….

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NHS Is The Most Phished UK Government Organization

Posted on January 22, 2023 by Dissent

Cyber Security Intelligence reports: Cyber security experts have recently revealed the top six government impersonation scams they have removed from the Internet in 2022 as they urged the public to remain vigilant to cyber crime in 2023. The scams unveiled by the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), part of GCHQ, included phishing emails and messages from cyber criminals…

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WA: Therapist notifies clients after tricked by a hacker

Posted on January 16, 2023 by Dissent

Some breaches may be more embarrassing to admit to than others. Kudos to this therapist for forthrightly informing the Washington state attorney general what happened: I am writing to advise you of a computer data breach, which occurred from December 2 to December 4, 2022. I was contacted by a person representing himself as an…

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Lawsuits come, lawsuits go (settle), Friday edition

Posted on December 9, 2022 by Dissent

Three more recent announcements of lawsuit settlements involving healthcare entities. Two of the following involve ransomware and Massachusetts entities; the third is a phishing attack on an Arkansas entity. North Shore Pain Management and  Resolve I.T. North Shore Pain Management has set aside $200,000 to settle a class action lawsuit that claimed the company and…

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