Jonathan Greig reports: Morgan Stanley will pay a $35 million penalty to settle charges from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for wide-ranging failures around properly disposing of hard drives and servers containing the personal information of some 15 million customers. The company did not respond to requests for comment, but the SEC said in…
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Sierra College investigating scope of latest ransomware incident
In May 2021, Sierra College in California confirmed that it was hit by a ransomware attack. Whatever steps the college may have taken to prevent another ransomware attack were apparently not sufficient, however, because Vice Society added the college to its list of “partners” this week. Vice did not post any data at this point,…
Wolfe Clinic notifies patients of Eye Care Leaders breach
I tweeted this yesterday, but probably should note it here too: When I saw Wolfe Clinic had reported a breach to HHS impacting 542,776 patients, I thought they had just updated their 500k figure from the ransomware attack by Lorenz last year. But it turned out that this was a new, and unrelated report due…
SIM Swapper Abducted, Beaten, Held for $200k Ransom
Brian Krebs reports: A Florida teenager who served as a lackey for a cybercriminal group that specializes in cryptocurrency thefts was beaten and kidnapped last week by a rival cybercrime gang. The teen’s captives held guns to his head while forcing him to record a video message pleading with his crew to fork over a…
VA: Hampton Public Library website hacked, redirects to adult retail store
Angelo Vargas reports: The Hampton Public Library is making some big changes after someone hacked the website, redirecting people to an adult retail store website “It appears to be a retail store for adult products is what I will say,” said Robin McCormick, a spokesperson for the City of Hampton. Read more at 13News.
MI: South Redford School District cancels classes following cyberattack
Heather Catallo reports: The South Redford School District posted a notice to the community this morning saying school was closed because of a cyberattack and warned people not to use any district-issued devices. But this is a threat that goes far beyond Redford. Just two weeks ago, the FBI and other agencies warned schools could…