Omar Ford reports: Liquid Biopsy specialist, Guardant Health faced a cybersecurity attack about two months ago, according to an SEC filing for the firm’s initial public offering. The Redwood City, CA-based company said that private information from about 1,100 individuals was compromised. “In July 2018, we experienced a security incident involving a phishing attack, and…
Category: Phishing
#Celebgate Phisher Who Hacked into More Than 225 Apple iCloud Accounts Sentenced to Prison
John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that GEORGE GAROFANO, 26, of North Branford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to eight months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for engaging in a phishing scheme that gave him illegal access to…
Second Nigerian sentenced for phishing scam
Patrick McArdle reports: One of two Nigerians who admitted to being part of a conspiracy to steal personal information from Vermont state employees and other U.S. residents was sentenced Tuesday in Rutland federal court to time served, or 14 months in jail. Osariemen Isibor, 32, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in March to conspiracy…
MN: Cyberattackers successfully phish numerous Hennepin County workers’ e-mails
Andy Mannix reports: Cyberattackers have infiltrated e-mail accounts for about 20 Hennepin County employees since late June, and may have accessed the private information of people who rely on the county’s services, county officials revealed Thursday. Using e-mails disguised as pay-raise notifications, a sophisticated phishing scam duped the employees into giving up their login information,…
TX: MedSpring Urgent Care notifies 13,000 patients after phishing attack
As Protenus’s Q-2 report for health data breaches in the U.S. indicates, phishing continues to account for a significant percentage of reported breaches. Here’s another phishing incident recently disclosed to HHS that will be in Protenus’s Q-3 report as affecting 13,034 patients: July 20, 2018 At MedSpring Urgent Care (MedSpring), we take the privacy and…
Three members of notorious “FIN7” criminal ring in custody for attacking more than 100 companies
The Department of Justice announced a stunning arrest today of key players in one of the most damaging threat actors in the last decade. Kudos to all involved in their arrests. You can read the DOJ’s full press release below, but let’s start with a quote from a FIN7 hunter: “FIN7 is the most prolific and…