Back in May, DataBreaches reported on a significant ransomware attack of Quincy, Illinois’s systems. Quincy paid ransom at the time to get a decryption key. Now KHQA reports: Some residents of Quincy may have had their personal information compromised when the city was hit by a cybersecurity attack earlier this year. The city said the…
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Alleged GTA 6 Hacker Under Investigation By The FBI
Connor Trinske reports: The unprecedented leak of Grand Theft Auto 6 is now under investigation by the FBI, and it’s targeting the hacker who claimed responsibility. Over 90 videos of GTA 6 gameplay footage and screenshots made their way online last weekend, primarily via the GTAForums. The footage shown in those leaks lined up with previous reports surrounding Rockstar’s next game,…
Teen who ‘hacked homecoming votes’ to crown herself queen is suing police and her school
If you are charged criminally and don’t contest the charges and complete a program that results in the charges being dropped, can you then turn around later and sue law enforcement for false arrest or anything? I didn’t think you could. Paging lawyers to Aisle 4, please? Earlier this month, Joe Smith reported; A teenager…
Update: SERV Behavioral Health System Issues Notice of Breach
On August 6, DataBreaches reported that the Hive ransomware team claimed to have attacked SERV Behavioral Health System and encrypted SERV’s files on May 26. The listing was added to Hive’s site on July 14. SERV did not respond to email inquiries from DataBreaches in July. Time passed, but Hive never added any “proof pack”…
Scoop: Tift Regional Medical Center victim of ransomware attack in July
DataBreaches has learned that Tift Regional Medical Center in Georgia was the victim of a ransomware attack in July. Although the hospital was negotiating with the Hive ransomware group, negotiations recently broke off. According to communications shared exclusively with DataBreaches, the breach started on July 14 and ended on August 8. During that time, Hive…
Scoop: VSS Medical Technology’s Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
DataBreaches suspects that most readers would agree that getting hit by a ransomware gang qualifies your day as a very bad day. But how about getting hit by two different ransomware gangs on the same day? VSS Medical Technology and one of their companies, Sigmund Software, had what sounds like a terrible, horrible, no good,…