Justin Henry reports: The cyberattack of Philadelphia midsize law firm Stevens & Lee has grown to include 23,066 people whose personal information was potentially compromised, including customers of the firm’s financial institution clients, according to public records. The new figure, revealed in notices to authorities last month, is a sharp increase from the 344 potentially impacted individuals reported by…
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Mission School District suffers IT breach, phishing emails being sent from teachers’ accounts
Patrick Penner reports: The Mission School District has suffered an IT breach and phishing emails are being sent out from teachers’ email accounts. Do not open them. The Record received two of these emails from seperate (sic) teachers today, which contain little information besides a greeting and FYI (for your information), directing the recipient to…
Capital One to settle 2019 data breach class action lawsuit for $190 million
Capital One will pay $190 million to resolve claims it jeopardized customer information in a 2019 data breach. The settlement benefits around 98 million Capital One customers whose information was compromised as part of the 2019 data breach. Read more at TopClassActions. This settlement is separate from the $80million penalty Capital One was fined in…
Cybercriminal Sentenced To Federal Prison For Decrypting The Credentials Of Thousands Of Computers Across The World And Selling Them On A Dark Web Website
There is an update to the case against Glib Oleksandr Ivanov-Tolpintsev, a Ukrainian who was extradited here in September, 2021 after being arrested in Poland in October, 2020: Tampa, Florida – U.S. District Judge Steven D. Merryday today sentenced Glib Oleksandr Ivanov-Tolpintsev (28, Chernivtsi, Ukraine) to four years in federal prison for conspiring to traffic…
Cameron County Elections Office Reports Online Security Breach
Tim Sullivan reports: The Cameron County Elections Department is acknowledging a security breach in which someone gained access to files containing the personal identifying information of staff members and poll workers. Elections Administrator Remi Garza says the person was able to access files in the online storage system of Easy Vote, a company that provides…
DEA Investigating Breach of Law Enforcement Data Portal
Brian Krebs reports: The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) says it is investigating reports that hackers gained unauthorized access to an agency portal that taps into 16 different federal law enforcement databases. KrebsOnSecurity has learned the alleged compromise is tied to a cybercrime and online harassment community that routinely impersonates police and government officials to harvest personal…