Teya Vitu reports: Tesuque Casino will reopen at 10 a.m. on Tuesday after being shut down since Sept. 25 to deal with a cyberattack and secure the facility from future similar incursions. “As for customer data, nothing was compromised, nothing was breached,” casino interim general manager Floyd Samuel said. The casino lost no money in the…
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CA: Lodi schools lose internet access due to ‘cyber security’ issue
Giacomo Luca reports: The Lodi Police Department is investigating a “cyber security” issue that knocked out internet access across the Lodi Unified School District, a school spokesperson said Monday. The issue has halted Wi-Fi and access to internet, e-mail, and the district’s websites, said Chelsea Vongehr, a spokesperson for Lodi Unified. Read more on ABC10.
Anonymous releases data on Texas GOP in latest Epik hack dump
Mikael Thalen reports: Hackers operating under the banner of Anonymous have released more data from Epik, the controversial web hosting company known for offering refuge to the far-right. In a press release titled “You Lost The Game,” the hacktivist group announced on Monday part three of what it has dubbed “Operation EPIK FAIL.” The latest…
Hackers May Have Had Access to Billions of Texts for Years, Global Telecom Company Admit
Katherine Fung reports: A global telecommunications company has admitted that hackers may have had access to billions of text messages from potentially millions of cellphone users for years. Syniverse, which is part of the infrastructure used by AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon and Vodafone among others, revealed that an unknown “individual or organization gained unauthorized access to…
Threat actors sometimes name the wrong victims — so why are you just repeating their claims?
Since March, 2021, data exfiltrated from Butler County Sheriff’s Office has been dumped on the dark web and clear net, but those affected may never have known that because the threat actors named the wrong victim. Relying too much on the word of criminals, researchers and compilations also misidentified the victim. Researchers and journalists should…
Transnational fraud ring stole millions from Army members, veterans
Sergiu Gatlan reports: Fredrick Brown, a former U.S. Army contractor, was sentenced today to 151 months in prison after admitting to his role in a conspiracy that targeted thousands of U.S. service members and veterans and caused millions of dollars in losses. Brown was one of five fraudsters charged with carrying out an identify-theft and…