Uber’s former Chief Security Officer Joseph Sullivan will have to face wire fraud charges over his alleged role in covering up a 2016 hack that exposed the personal information of millions of Uber passengers and drivers. The breach and its aftermath continue to reverberate after it was disclosed that although Uber knew it had been…
Category: U.S.
When the data leak is not from the victim you named, Wednesday edition
Ever since threat actor groups started naming and leaking victims who do not pay their demands, groups have occasionally misidentified their victims. Today’s example is courtesy of Avos Locker, who added the Canadian Mental Health Association to their leak site in April. Inspection of the data in the leak, however, quickly raised questions as to…
NEworks unavailable due to cyberattack on Geographic Solutions
1011 News reports: The NEworks website is currently unavailable as the result of a cyberattack involving NDOL’s web vendor: Geographic Solutions, Inc. GSI discovered a cyberattack that required its state labor exchange and unemployment claims systems to be taken offline. GSI is working around the clock to restore access to its systems as soon as possible. GSI…
Massive Trove of Gun Owners’ Private Information Leaked by California Attorney General
Stephen Gutowski reports: California gun owners have been put at risk by the Attorney General’s office after a new dashboard leaked their personal information. The California Department of Justice’s 2022 Firearms Dashboard Portal went live on Monday with publicly-accessible files that include identifying information for those who have concealed carry permits. The leaked information includes the person’s…
Dripping Springs Independent School District notifies 367 of breach
Although no details can be found online yet, it appears that Dripping Springs ISD in Texas notified the Texas Attorney General’s Office of a breach affecting 367 Texans. The breach reportedly involved the names of individuals, Address; Social Security Number Information; Driver’s License number; Medical Information; and Health Insurance Information. Notice to the state was…
Illuminate breach victims are still first being notified
Spotted today: a notification by the Renton School District in Washington that they notified 20,509 Washington residents on June 17 dues to a breach that sounds like the Illuminate breach (based on the dates reported by Renton): https://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachM13493.pdf