Is “Bl00dy Ransomware Gang” a new ransomware group on the scene, a rebrand, or neither? In July, a new channel appeared on Telegram called the “Bl00dy Ransomware Gang.” In August, information about alleged victims started to appear. So far, the gang has leaked some data allegedly from three victims in two incidents. In each case,…
Category: U.S.
PA: Chester Upland schools victim of BEC scheme to the tune of $3 million
Alex Rose reports: Delaware County District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer announced Friday that an international thief or thieves stole approximately $3 million from the Chester Upland School District last year using a Florida woman as a “money mule,” but said it might have been much worse if not for the intervention of officials with the Department…
Election data breach attracts Georgia investigators
Danny Hakim, Neil Vigdor and Richard Fausset report: The day after Donald Trump’s supporters stormed the Capitol, a small group working on his behalf traveled to rural Coffee County, Ga., about 200 miles southeast of Atlanta. One member of the group was Paul Maggio, an executive at a firm based in Atlanta called SullivanStrickler, which…
Facebook-Cambridge Analytica data breach lawsuit ends in 11th hour settlement
Mark Townsend reports: Facebook has dramatically agreed to settle a lawsuit seeking damages for allowing Cambridge Analytica access to the private data of tens of millions of users, four years after the Observer exposed the scandal that mired the tech giant in repeated controversy. A court filing reveals that Meta, Facebook’s parent company, has in principle settled for an…
‘Crisis’ for Utah prisoners as medical records glitch scrambles prescription info
We don’t see many breach reports involving lost devices these days, but records can also be lost due to other causes, such as cyberattacks that encrypt or corrupt files or attacks that delete records where there is no backup. In this case, records were lost during a move to a new facility and transition to…
New Hampshire Lottery website experiences cyberattack
Tim Callery reports: New Hampshire Lottery officials warned of a cyberattack on its website on Friday. Officials said people visiting the site should not click on any pop-up messages. Read more at WMUR.